Reviews for Bayou Folk

The average rating for Bayou Folk based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-05-22 00:00:00 Mary Keshishian Interesting short stories with interesting and divers characters. But i didn't care much for the colloquial language in the conversations. My head began to ache trying to understand them! Here is an example: "I wants 'im to come in heah an' say: 'Howdy, Aunt Dicey! will you be so kine and go put on yo' noo calker dress an' yo' bonnit w'at you w'ars to meetin', an' stan' 'side f'om dat i'onin'-boa'd w'ilse I gwine take yo' photygraph.' Dat de way fo' a boy to talk w'at had good raisin'."

Review # 2 was written on 2012-07-17 00:00:00 Gregory Cohen Kate's writing is interesting. The dialogue is very colloquial which I enjoyed. I've read other short stories by her I enjoyed more. The Bayou Folk stories seemed random and mostly anecdotal. I thought they offered an intriguing glimpse of 19th Century America.