Season of Fury and Wonder (Unabridged)

Writing at the top of her game, Sharon Butala returns to the short story in this astounding new collection. In Butala&amp;#39;s world, the season of fury and wonder is the season of old age. The stories in this book are the stories of women who have had experiences; women who have seen much of life and have felt the joy of success and the sting of shortcomings; women who hold opinions and come to conclusions about the lives they&amp;#39;ve lived. <br/> But Sharon Butala gives us more – not only is each story an observation on aging, each story in Season of Fury and Wonder pays tribute to a classic work of literature that has had an impact on Butala&amp;#39;s writing. Among these writers are Raymond Carver, Willa Cather, Flannery O&amp;#39;Connor, John Cheever, James Joyce, Shirley Jackson, Anton Chekhov, Alan Sillitoe, Ernest Hemingway and Edgar Allan Poe. The result of Butala&amp;#39;s effort is a series of deeply felt tributes to these writers, to the creativity and their power to inspire.