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The stories of Alice Adams.
LIBRA PS3551.D324 A6 2003 copy 2
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- 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.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- xi, 621 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Washington Square Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- With fifty-three stories gathered from five award-winning collections, here is the definitive anthology of the work of Alice Adams--one of the finest short story writers of all time. Before her death in 1999, Alice Adams created a body of work that has earned her a place in the pantheon of celebrated short story writers. Praised by critics and fellow authors alike as a master of the genre, she has captured the hearts and imaginations of readers with such stories as "Rose and Rhododendron, " "Verlie I Say Unto You, " "Berkeley House, " and "Greyhound People." Quirky and always graceful, and with settings that range from San Francisco to North Carolina, from Paris to Mexico, these selections provide telling glimpses into the lives of "ordinary people made extraordinary by Adams's perception" (Newsweek). A fitting tribute to one of America's literary virtuosos, this is a welcome addition to the canon.
- 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:
- 0743464508
- 9780743464505
- OCLC:
- 53908505
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