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A collection of stories by the former US poet laureate, âa first-rate work by an author whose control over the tools of his genre is impeccableâ (Publishers Weekly). A contemplative selection of twelve short stories from the celebrated author Donald Hall, Willow Temple focuses on the effects of divorce, adultery, and neglect. Hallâs stories are reminiscent of those of Alice Munro and William Maxwell in their mastery of form and their ability to trace the emotional fault lines connecting generations. âFrom Willow Templeâ is the indelible story of a childâs witness of her motherâs adultery and the loss that underlies it. Three stories present David Bardo at crucial junctures of his life, beginning as a child drawn to his parentsâ âcozy adult coven of drunksâ and growing into a young man whose intense first affair undergirds a lifelong taste for ardor and betrayal. In this superbly perceptive collection, Hall gives memorable accounts of the passionate weight of lives. â[Hall possesses] a consistent gift for delicate description.â âThe New York Times Book Review âHall is comfortable with small stagesâa tavern, a summer music camp, a farm, an artistâs studio, a junior college classroom, a cemetery, a bakery. But the quiet dramas that boil up in such places . . . are never small.â âChicago Tribune âUnderstated lyricism very much in what William Carlos Williams (whom Hall often resembles) called the âAmerican grain.â Moving and memorable.â âKirkus Reviews âA writer who attains the same high level of the game in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.â âThe Boston Globe â[Willow Temple] attests to Hallâs mastery as a storyteller, the prose lyrical and elegiac as he moving unfolds each characterâs frailties.â âPloughshares |
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