A review by quoththegirl
Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You: Stories by Fred Chappell

4.0

I fell in love with Fred Chappell during Southern American Lit class at college, and I was reassured to discover I’m still in love. I ambled through Farewell, I’m Bound to Leave You (another library sale find) and savored every word. The book is a collection of shorter stories, all told by the family members of the narrator, and each one is captivating. Some people classify Chappell’s works as magical realism. I don’t completely agree with that (and for the record, neither does Chappell)–I despise magical realism as a rule–but I do appreciate the taste of whatever it is people are trying to name when they call his work magical realism. There is something enthralling, unearthly, and completely familiar all at the same time in his work. Check him out and be enchanted.