Typical

Padgett Powell

Henry Holt & Company, Dec 1, 1992 - Fiction - 207 pages

Ida Fink's first collection of stories, A Scrap of Time, was universally hailed as a masterpiece. Traces continues Fink's portrait of life in Nazi-occupied Poland, of men and women otherwise buried in the anonymous statistics of war and genocide.

What people are saying

Review: Typical: Stories

User Review  - Michael Seidel - Goodreads

Some stinkers but some that seemed fueled by rocket fuel. The last two stories, Mr. & Mrs. Elliot and Cleveland, and The Winnowing of Mrs. Schuping are raw treasures of the English language. Slog through the rest of the book if only to reach those.

Review: Typical: Stories

User Review  - Chase Burke - Goodreads

A few bits of filler (which have the courtesy to be very short) do not mar an otherwise accomplished collection. Powell's colorful, inimitable phrasing is here in full force. Highlights: "Typical ...

About the author

Padgett Powell has received the Prix de Rome of the American Academy of Arts & Letters, a Whiting Writer's Award, & a nomination for the National Book Award for his first novel, "Edisto." He resides in Gainesville, Florida.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Typical
• Author: Padgett Powell
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, 1992
• ISBN: 0805071229, 9780805071221
• Length: 207 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Short Stories (single author)