Connie Willis a “must read”
Connie Willis’s mammoth (700 pages, 270k words) collection, The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories, continues to gather accolades, this time from Green Man Review: “Willis is an edgy writer, a quality that shows up here in the twists on otherwise hackneyed plots and otherwise stereotyped characters. And
these are stories with attitude, mostly reflected in the raucous satire with which Willis pillories our contemporary foibles. She is not, however, afraid to tackle ’serious’ and does it with consummate skill…If Connie Willis is not on your list of ‘must read’ authors — well, you need to do something about that. The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories is a great way to start.
The trade edition of The Winds of Marble Arch is tentatively slated to begin shipping September 25. Given the reviews it’s receiving, we expect a quick sell out.
Just a couple of days later, and we have another glowing review to add, this one from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Along with her writing skills, the breadth of knowledge—scientific as well as religious and literary—packed into each of Willis’ stories will awe readers. Her stories are both pompous and populist, touching upon everything from Shakespeare, Christmas, 1940s movies, love and death, marriage and divorce, and popular music and television to the latest developments in physics and how to properly cook a goose.
“In The Winds of Marble Arch, Willis’ love for her craft and for the vagaries of the human heart—of which she so writes so ably—is on ample display.”