1 option
The stories of Alice Adams.
Van Pelt Library PS3551.D324 A6 2002
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Alice, 1926-1999.
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.
- United States.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 621 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Knopf, 2002.
- Summary:
- From the short story writer who has been called "the master of the genre" ("Los Angeles Times"), and praised as "an inimitable voice--quick, deft, brilliantly evocative" (Joyce Carol Oates): the best of her short fiction gathered in one volume--53 stories that reveal with candor and grace the hidden workings of human relationships.
- Contents:
- Verlie I say unto you
- Winter rain
- Ripped off
- The swastika on our door
- Flights
- Beautiful girl
- Home is where
- A pale and perfectly oval moon
- Roses, rhododendron
- For good
- Snow
- Greyhound people
- By the sea
- An unscheduled stop
- The girl across the room
- Lost luggage
- Berkeley house
- Legends
- At the beach
- Truth or consequences
- To see you again
- Alaska
- Return trips
- La señora
- New best friends
- A public pool
- Waiting for Stella
- Barcelona
- Separate planes
- Molly's dog
- Mexican dust
- Elizabeth
- Sintra
- My first and only house
- 1940: Fall
- The end of the world
- Fog
- Tide pools
- Favors
- Ocracoke Island
- Your doctor loves you
- After you've gone
- His women
- The haunted beach
- Great sex
- Raccoons
- Old love affairs
- A very nice dog
- The visit
- The last lovely city
- The islands
- The drinking club
- Earthquake damage.
- ISBN:
- 0375412859 :
- OCLC:
- 49737140
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.