Trash: Stories by Dorothy Allison (Penguin Originals) - Softcover

Dorothy Allison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140132074 ISBN 13: 9780140132076

Publisher: Penguin, 1990

Synopsis

This collection contains 15 stories about tough women weathered by hard times and the business of survival. Sex, food, health, love and loyalty are all explored. The stories are accompanied by angry and pssionate poems. By the author of "Bastard out of Carolina".

About this title

Review:

Praise for Dorothy Allison:

"Dorothy Allison is, without question, one of the finest writers of her generation."--The Boston Globe

"Please reserve a seat of honor at the high table of the art of fiction for Dorothy Allison."--The New York Times

"One of the glories of Allison's writing is that she refuses to be a good girl. . .and that, after all, is what it's all about..""--The Nation

Praise for Dorothy Allison:

"Dorothy Allison is, without question, one of the finest writers of her generation."The Boston Globe

"Please reserve a seat of honor at the high table of the art of fiction for Dorothy Allison."The New York Times

"One of the glories of Allison's writing is that she refuses to be a good girl. . .and that, after all, is what it's all about..""The Nation"

Praise for Dorothy Allison:

"Dorothy Allison is, without question, one of the finest writers of her generation."--The Boston Globe

"Please reserve a seat of honor at the high table of the art of fiction for Dorothy Allison."--The New York Times

"One of the glories of Allison's writing is that she refuses to be a good girl. . .and that, after all, is what it's all about..""--The Nation

From the Back Cover:

“I’ve these pictures my mama gave me – stained sepia prints of bare dirt yards, plank porches, and step after step of children – cousins, uncles, aunts; mysteries. I come of an enormous family and I cannot tell half their stories.”

From the tale of Shannon Pearl, the crazy, brooding albino child who, ‘had she been stronger or smarter would have been dangerous’ to the tragedy of Aunt Cora, who ‘packed up biscuits, cold chicken and Coca-Cola’ and left home with her four girls, Dorothy Allison casts an unblinking eye over the poor ‘white trash’ people of the American South. Drawing on her own background, the stories and poems in 'Trash' also form a remarkable confessional portrait of Allison herself, a lesbian, whose flight from her own violent, abusive family upbringing brought a hard won but exhilarating emotional and sexual freedom. Raw, chillingly honest and inspiring, she writes with unforgettable force and vision.

“Allison illuminates aspects of a class that has been neglected and misunderstood. Haunting work ... a raw power”
NEW STATESMAN

“Allison’s work has all the hard won honesty of Carver’s best writing”
INDEPENDENT

“The literary territory that Allison has set out to explore is dangerous turf. It is a great pleasure to see her succeed, blithe and graceful as Baryshnikov in performance. A major talent ... please reserve a seat of honour at the high table of the art of fiction for Dorothy Allison.”
NEW YORK TIMES

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0140132074
• ISBN 13: 9780140132076
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180