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Christmas is the storytelling time, the beginning of things expected but not yet seen, of tales suspenseful and mysterious, and full of a comfort of sorts. Internationally acclaimed anthologist Alberto Manguel offers an immensely enjoyable collection of twenty-three brilliant stories from across the globe, written under the merry canopy of Christmas.
The Ecco Book of Christmas Stories includes tales by the best master storytellers, such as "The Turkey Season" by Alice Munro; "Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor" by John Cheever; "Crèche" by Richard Ford; "Horatio's Trick" by Ann Beattie; "Another Christmas" by William Trevor; and "The Leaf-Sweeper" by Muriel Spark.
The collection also features voices of writers whose work has seldom or never been translated into English, such as "A Risk for Father Christmas" by Siegfried Lenz and "The Night Before Christmas" by Theodore Odrach. Eminently readable, The Ecco Book of Christmas Stories is a celebration of the most magical of seasons.
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $199.99 | Digital |
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Margaret Kyle
reviewed Ecco Book of Christmas Stories on October 03, 2013
Ecco Book of Christmas Stories
I read this over the course of several years, a handful of stories each holiday season. There are some very unusual choices, including some that really have hardly anything to do with Christmas (e.g. the one by Bessie Head). Still, it's a nice book to have to hand, even if just to skip through. Manguel strikes a good balance between well-known short story writers (Mavis Gallant, William Trevor and Alice Munro), authors you might never think to associate with Christmas (Paul Auster, Richard Ford and Vladimir Nabokov), and fairly obscure works in translation (Theodore Odrach, Sergio RamÃrez and Itoh Seikoh).
Four favorites:
"A Christmas Memory," Truman Capote (overall favorite)
"Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor," John Cheever
"The Zoo at Christmas," Jane Gardam
"O'Brien's First Christmas," Jeanette Winterson
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