The Unfinished Novel and Other Stories (Paperback) by Valerie Martin

from Cariola

Martin's collection of five longish short stories focuses on artists and their relationships--an intriguing premise, but I wasn't charmed with the results. The overall picture of artists that she presents is cliche: they are self-centered, vain, promiscuous, jealous, attention-seeking, . . . well...

from 1Owlette

The most striking and memorable tale in this collection is the title one, 'The Unfinished Novel', which reads more like a novella than a short story and is unusually powerful and haunting. My reason for giving this book only three stars is that the other stories are, especially by contrast, much ...

from Maag

I loved the first story in this collection/

from gwendolyndawson

In captivating, precise, and sometimes lush prose, Martin examines the intersection of creative endeavors (poetry, painting, dancing, writing) with human relationships. Entirely entertaining and very insightful. Martin clearly speaks from experience. This is the best short story collection I've r...

from gwendolyndawson

In captivating, precise, and sometimes lush prose, Martin examines the intersection of creative endeavors (poetry, painting, dancing, writing) with human relationships. Entirely entertaining and very insightful. Martin clearly speaks from experience. This is the best short story collection I've r...