These Pulitzer Prize-winning stories represent the major short works of fiction by one of the most distinctively American stylists of her day. Jean Stafford communicates the small details of loneliness and connection, the search for freedom and the desire to belong, that not only illuminate whole lives but also convey with an elegant economy of words the sense of the place and time in which her protagonists find themselves. The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford includes the acclaimed story "An Influx of Poets," which has never before appeared in book form.
These Pulitzer Prize-winning stories represent the major short works of fiction by one of the most distinctively American stylists of her day. Jean Stafford communicates the small details of loneliness and connection, the search for freedom and the desire to belong, that not only illuminate whole lives but also convey with an elegant economy of words the sense of the place and time in which her protagonists find themselves. The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford includes the acclaimed story "An Influx of Poets," which has never before appeared in book form.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jean Stafford (1915-79) was the author of three novels, Boston Adventure, The Mountain Lion, The Catherine Wheel, as well as several children's and nonfiction books. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1970.
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Introduction by Joyce Carol Oates Author's Note The Innocents Abroad Maggie Meriwether's Rich Experience The Children's Game The Echo and the Nemesis The Maiden A Modest Proposal Caveat Emptor The Bostonians, and Other Manifestations of the American Scene Life Is No Abyss The Hope Chest Polite Conversation A Country Love Story The Bleeding Heart The Lippia Lawn The Interior Castle Cowboys and Indians, and Magic Mountains The Healthiest Girl in Town The Tea Time of Stouthearted Ladies The Mountain Day The Darkening Moon Bad Characters In the Zoo The Liberation A Reading Problem A Summer Day The Philosophy Lesson Manhattan Island Children Are Bored on Sunday Beatrice Trueblood's Story Between the Porch and the Altar I Love Someone Cops and Robbers The Captain's Gift The End of a Career An Influx of Poets
Introduction by Joyce Carol Oates Author's Note The Innocents Abroad Maggie Meriwether's Rich Experience The Children's Game The Echo and the Nemesis The Maiden A Modest Proposal Caveat Emptor The Bostonians, and Other Manifestations of the American Scene Life Is No Abyss The Hope Chest Polite Conversation A Country Love Story The Bleeding Heart The Lippia Lawn The Interior Castle Cowboys and Indians, and Magic Mountains The Healthiest Girl in Town The Tea Time of Stouthearted Ladies The Mountain Day The Darkening Moon Bad Characters In the Zoo The Liberation A Reading Problem A Summer Day The Philosophy Lesson Manhattan Island Children Are Bored on Sunday Beatrice Trueblood's Story Between the Porch and the Altar I Love Someone Cops and Robbers The Captain's Gift The End of a Career An Influx of Poets
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