Keywords
Richard Ford
Lucia Berlin
Dirty realism
Kmart realism
American minimalism
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Abstract
The minimalism of the American short story of the 80s is the academic face of dirty realism announced by Granta magazine in 1983. The term Kmart realism is the final name for the mass phenomenon of dirty realism in the American market. Confronted with the works of Raymond Carver, Richard Ford and Lucia Berlin, the three headlines seem imprecise. The following notes discuss the main contributions of these three North American narrators.
References
Berlin, L. (2016). A manual for cleaning women: Selected stories. USA: Picador.
Carver, R. (1989). What we talk about when we talk about love: Stories. USA: Vintage.
Ford, R. (2010). The sportswriter. USA: Vintage.
Onetti, J. (2012). Cuentos completos. España: Alfaguara.
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