UAE
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300 short stories:: story 216
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Wedding ” author: Joy Williams year: 1972 where: home, home on the range, where the deer and the antelope play note: The ending reminds me of the Chagall painting “Over the Town”…also his “Wedding” but not as much! a line: “The people in Elizabeth’s fables were always looking for truth or happiness and they were always being…
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300 short stories:: story 208
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Salt Garden” author: Margaret Atwood year: 1983 where: Dubai, Common Ground note: I adore this collection and find the protagonist Alma to be so layered. a line: “She can’t remember ever having astonished any of her friends with tricks from the instruction book. Astonishing herself was enough.” theme(s): time