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24 mars 2020
- doi: 10.4000/books.pur.140126
- isbn: 9782753579101
- eisbn: 9782753580442
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Laura Torres-Zúñiga, « Fragments and fragmentation in Helen Simpson’s short stories », Presses universitaires de Rennes, ID : 10.4000/books.pur.140126
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Helen Simpson is a rara avis in the British literary world: despite having been included in magazine Granta’s list of the Best Young British Novelists in 1993, her first novel is still to come. She belongs with Canadian Alice Munro and Irishman William Trevor to the select club of short story-only writers, and through her short story collections she has demonstrated the potential of the short form for satisfying the most demanding literary aspirations. Short stories have allowed her to expres...