Today a woman went mad in the supermarket : stories / Hilma Wolitzer ; foreword by Elizabeth Strout.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolitzer, Hilma, author.

Contributor:

Strout, Elizabeth, writer of foreword.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Man-woman relationships--Fiction.

Man-woman relationships.

Married people--Fiction.

Married people.

Genre:

Fiction.

Short stories.

Physical Description:

xvi, 179 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

"The uncannily relevant, deliciously clear-eyed collected stories of a critically acclaimed, award-winning "American literary treasure" (Boston Globe), ripe for rediscovery--with a foreword by Elizabeth Strout. From her many well-loved novels, Hilma Wolitzer--now 90 years old and at the top of her game--has gained a reputation as one of our best fiction writers, who "raises ordinary people and everyday occurrences to a new height." (Washington Post) These collected short stories--most of them originally published in magazines including Esquire and The Saturday Evening Post in the 1960s and 1970s, along with a new story that brings her early characters into the present--are evocative of an era that still resonates deeply today. In the title story, a bystander tries to soothe a woman who seems to have cracked under the pressures of motherhood. And in several linked stories throughout, the relationship between the narrator and her husband unfolds in telling and often hilarious vignettes. Of their time and yet timeless, Wolitzer's stories zero in on the domestic sphere and ordinary life with wit, candor, grace, and an acutely observant eye. Brilliantly capturing the tensions and contradictions of daily life, Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket is full of heart and insight, providing a lens into a world that was often unseen at the time, and often overlooked now--reintroducing a beloved writer to be embraced by a whole new generation of readers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Today a woman went mad in the supermarket

Waiting for daddy

Photographs

Mrs. X

Sundays

Nights

Overtime

The sex maniac

Trophies

Bodies

Mother

Love

The great escape.

Related Work:

Container of: Wolitzer, Hilma. Great escape.

Contains:

Container of: Wolitzer, Hilma. Today a woman went mad in the supermarket.

Container of: Wolitzer, Hilma. Waiting for daddy.

Container of: Wolitzer, Hilma. Photographs.

Container of: Wolitzer, Hilma. Mrs. X.

Container of: Wolitzer, Hilma. Sundays.

Container of: Wolitzer, Hilma. Nights.

Container of: Wolitzer, Hilma. Overtime.

Container of: Wolitzer, Hilma. Sex maniac.

Container of: Wolitzer, Hilma. Trophies.

Container of: Wolitzer, Hilma. Bodies.

Container of: Wolitzer, Hilma. Mother.

Container of: Wolitzer, Hilma. Love.

Other Format:

Online version: Wolitzer, Hilma. Today a woman went mad in the supermarket

ISBN:

9781635577624

1635577624

OCLC:

1264795970