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The novella has an edge to it, and a deep, unassuageable loneliness. Steve Martin's most achieved work to date may well have the strange effect of making people glad not to be Steve Martin." [2] Sienna Powers of January Magazine said "Shopgirl is the work of a mature, self-possessed writer . . . Martin infuses his story with a dark verve that ...
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Novellas are works of prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. Several novellas have been recognized as among the best examples of the literary form. Publishers and literary award societies typically consider a ...
Writing for Locus, Russell Lesson called the book a "tale with a lot of heart" and praised its mashup of the science fiction and fantasy genres. [3] Publishers Weekly called Tchaikovsky a "master of the genre mash-up", writing that he "wows with this inventive and empathetic story of courage, science, and magic".
On Book Marks, the book received a "pan" consensus, based on eleven critic reviews: three "positive" and one "mixed" and seven "pan". [1] In Books in the Media, a site that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (2.35 out of 5) from the site which was based on eleven critic reviews.
The novella first appeared in the October–December, Nos. 10–12, 1896 issues of the Monthly Literary Supplement to Niva magazine. [2] Revised by the author, it was included into the Suvorin-published collection Peasants and My Life, to be reproduced, unchanged, in all of its 7 editions (1897–1899).
The first book edition of the novella, published in Taiwan, [5] had the name Wives and Concubines. [6] This publication happened in 1990, and it was a volume that also included the novella Nineteen Thirty-four Escapes. [7] However, the name used in the second edition in Taiwan and in the Hong Kong edition became Raise the Red Lantern. [6]
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"Nightwings" is a science fiction novella by American writer Robert Silverberg. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1969 and was also nominated for the Nebula Award in 1968. It won the Prix Apollo Award in 1976. "Nightwings" is the first in a trilogy of novellas, the next two being "Perris Way" (1968) and "To Jorslem" (1969).