Book description
Now considered a contemporary classic, Airships was honored by Esquire magazine with the Arnold Gingrich Short Fiction Award. The twenty stories in this collection are a fresh, exuberant celebration of the new American South — a land of high school band contests, where good old boys from Vicksurg are reunited…
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1 author picked Airships as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I picked up this book after seeing that it had been featured on Raymond Carver's syllabus when he taught creative writing. I wanted to know why Carver had chosen this book. After reading, I know exactly why. This book is a masterwork. I know of no other short story collection like it. If you like singular short story collections, just read it. It's wholly original, and you won't find better writing anywhere.
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