From John O’Hara to Claire Jiménez, via Nabokov and Maya Angelou, these works showcase cultural cross-over in American writing
From John O’Hara to Claire Jiménez, via Nabokov and Maya Angelou, these works showcase cultural cross-over in American writing
These days, the number of “other American” authors is expanding. Below, find 20 titles, a mix of new, old and unjustly forgotten. Left off are writers who need no introduction to make room for those who are less familiar. There’s mystery, memoir and satire, something to spook you and something to make you sob.at the start of the Depression, BUtterfield 8 is as gorgeous and desperate as its main character, party girl Gloria Wandrous. Author John O’Hara was sensitive about his Irish roots.
Irish-American Flannery O’Connor is one of the finest short story writers, taut gems infused with sluggish Southern heat, carefully calibrated dread and swiftly savage character summations. In A Good Man is Hard to Find, O’Connor’s best-known story, a family takes a road trip with an outcome that will make you shiver. Known for her Catholic motifs, O’Connor’s religion is not a forgiving one; the slightest flaw can result in consequences that no prayer can amend.
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