Success: Stories

By David A. Taylor

Fiction. SUCCESS: STORIES is the 2008 winner of the Washington Writers' Publishing House fiction prize. These stories probe the lives of people caught in an increasingly intertwined world, close to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0931846900
• ISBN13: 9780931846908
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Washington Writers' Publishing House
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

David Taylor has a gift...

I'm a writer of how-to non-fiction (eBooks) and a slightly jealous admirer of those who elegantly describe their real and imagined experiences. David Taylor is a writer who does so. Each of the little gems in this book harply illuminated the lives of people I've never met. Yet now I feel I know them. I believe that's David Taylor's gift: vividly and swiftly recreating in the reader's experience his own experience, precisely sharing his world with the reader. I'm eagerly looking forward to reading his new book, "Soul of a People: The WPA Writers' Project Uncovers Depression America" that I suspect will give a highly relevant reference point for evaluating the times we are now passing through. I enthusiastically recommend Taylor's work and suggest that you read some of his articles in Smithsonian and a fascinating one in Forbes describing an American entrepreneur who is one of the top Ginseng distributors in China. Unlikely? Well, Taylor seems to have a knack for finding and sharing with us these unlikely but interesting stories.

Realistic, feel good short stories

The little victories in life are what matters. "Success: Stories" is an anthology of short stories from prolific author and documentary maker David A. Taylor. The individual tales focus on the every day lives of people and are written in a particularly vivid and well-crafted style that makes the reader legitimately care for his characters and what happens to them. Emotionally involving that makes you triumph with the protagonists, "Success: Stories" is highly recommended to anyone looking for some realistic, feel good short stories.