The Last Worthless Evening: Four Novellas & Two Stories

By Andre Dubus

Book Overview

Dubus's stories (now included in his Collected Short Stories & Novellas ) tell of a suburban girl coming beautifully of age as her mother doesn't; a woman who refuses defeat at the hands of her brutal... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879236426
• ISBN13: 9780879236427
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Best Collection I've Read in A Long Time

This book left me shell-shocked. The writing is so good, the characters so well-drawn . . . really, I am at a loss as to what to say. I read the whole collection in one night. I had read "Rose" earlier, in another collection, and upon re-reading it I was still shocked and moved! I was also moved by "Deaths At Sea". Great stuff all around. Like the previous reviewer, I wish Dubus was still with us to write more stories like these. I do not like to give 5 stars out very freely, and when I love a book I usually give it 4. But this one was different.

These Stories Will Break Your Heart, Then Mend It

The Last Worthless Evening is Andre Dubus's least acclaimed collection, but it contains one of his most moving novellas, "Rose," and another fine novella, "Molly," that has been neglected by most readers because it has not been collected in his Selected Stories or Collected Novellas. I can hardly think of a more adult book than The Last Worthless Evening. It is compassionate, wise, and unflinching in its examination of its characters. I only wish Dubus had stuck around a few more years so we could have more stories like these.