The Stories of Breece d'j Pancake, (Paperback)

from lisapeet

This was some slow going, because I couldn't read more than one or two at a time. Really spare, beautiful but also harsh stuff -- you know how I said Tobias Wolff has so much affection for even his most difficult characters? Pancake has NO affection for his. Love, yes, and respect, but it's of a ...

from yhaduong

A brilliant collection of short stories by Breece D'J Pancake, a relatively unknown young writer from rural West Virginia. Reading the stories is a full, complete and wholly authentic submersion into Appalachia. Breece D'J Pancake embodied West Virginia and was able to write about it in a way tha...

from reganrule

I am, for better or worse, a very fast reader. I don't usually take my time, even if I ought to; I tend to plow through regardless of genre or difficulty. Of course, there are plenty of writers whose work is so densely packed that it requires that you flip back and forth, to catch the nuances, to...

from datrappert

I became aware of this tragic writer, who committed suicide in 1979, after reading a collection of Larry Brown's short stories, where Pancake was mentioned. These stories are so real that you'll feel you're living in the hollows of West Virginia, where you future outlook may not extend beyond you...

from RussellBittner

Among the various collections of short stories I've read over the years, I'd have to put this one near the top.Breece D'J Pancake was clearly a talented writer -- and one who cared deeply about his creations.In all honesty, most of my reading of this collection occurred during subway commutes to ...