The Angel on the Roof
The Stories of Russell Banks

I picked up this collection never intending to finish it – nearly 500 pages, of short stories! But I did, trapped as I was in the middle of the ice storm, and was glad for the experience. I was reminded of Raymond Carver and John Steinbeck when reading these stories, many of which are located in a to......more

Russell Banks. I am incapable of doing an honest review about Banks' work because I will only say good things. Because that's all there is. Banks tells stories of everyday life that permeate and disappear into the mundane backdrop of normalcy. Nobody really cares about these people. Except us, those......more

Russell Banks continues to be an author who makes me regret not having found him earlier in my life. On the other hand, I wonder if I would have been able to truly appreciate him before now, or if his particular blend of melancholy and regret are only suited to the man I've become. This is a great co......more

If there was a sense of humor, or even hope in Russell Banks' life, it must have been beaten out of him a long time ago, if these tales are any indication. There is a perverse yearning glamor to be found in these stories about the hard, bitter truths the characters find, or don't, almost as if the h......more

Semplici scene di famiglie: uomini, donne, giovani e vecchi. Semplicemente la bravura di usare le parole giuste, non una di più, nel modo migliore per costruire un’atmosfera, una sensazione. Tra i migliori racconti: Il pescatore – Le pianure di Abramo – Mucca-mucca – Il moro – Sarah Cole: un certo ti......more