Aliens of Affection: Stories
Powell (Edisto Revisited, LJ 4/1/96) has written a sometimes baffling, often fascinating, and always unique collection of short stories. The characters are drinkers, strippers, the mentally ill, and others you may not want to meet in real life, but they are compelling on the page. Not much may happen plotwise, but as the characters philosophize in a manner approaching stream-of-consciousness, Powell has fun twisting language and exploring how the human mind works. His style is at times excessive, and his verbs have a tendency to get lost from their subjects amid extended modifying clauses, but the author's willingness to take risks is admirable. For literary collections.?Christine DeZelar-Tiedman, Univ. of Idaho Lib., MoscowCopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.