Description
A collection of “uncommonly good stories” (The Chicago Tribune) from a true American master of the short story–disturbing, comic, and moving takes that find deeper meanings in ordinary domestic life.
With unforgettable characters, places, and events–a young divorcee, a shared summer home, a troubled family, a wedding, the death of a pet–Williams takes her readers on journey after journey, as only she can.Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Joy Williams
Published: 07/12/1985
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780394729121
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 0.60″ H x 8.00″ L x 5.20″ W
About the Author
Joy Williams is the author of four novels–the most recent, The Quick and the Dead, was a runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize in 2001–and three other collections of stories, as well as Ill Nature, a book of essays that was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Among her many honors are the Rea Award for the Short Story and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She was elected to the Academy in 2008. She lives in Tucson, Arizona, and Laramie, Wyoming.
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