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The Collected Stories
Grace Paley
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Description for The Collected Stories
Paperback. * Regarded as one of the finest short story writers in America - this volume presents her collected works 'A voice like no one else's: funny, sad, lean, modest, energetic, acute' - SUSAN SONTAG Series: VMC. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 280.
FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST, GRACE PALEY
'Grace Paley's is exceptional' KASIA BODDY, GUARDIAN
'Her unladylike gutsiness and friendliness are nonpareil' EDMUND WHITE, OBSERVER
'They are stories full of the stories we all tell and live by, tall stories as well as short' SALMAN RUSHDIE
Here are all Grace Paley's classic stories in one volume. From her first book The Little Disturbances of Man (1959) to Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1974) and Later the Same Day (1985), Grace Paley's quirky, boisterous characters and rich use ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Series
VMC
Condition
New
Weight
280g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860495212
SKU
V9781860495212
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Grace Paley
Born in the Bronx in 1922, Grace Paley was a renowned writer and activist. Her Collected Stories was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Her other collections include Enormous Changes at the Last Minute and Just As I Thought. She died in Vermont on August 22, 2007.
Reviews for The Collected Stories
Paley is as clever a mimic as Philip Roth, as cheerfully zany and aleatory in her vision of New York as Christina Stead, as serendipitous as Donald Bartheleme, but her unladylike gutsiness and friendliness are nonpareil
Edmund White
Observer
This is a collection full of energy and stunning, quiet innovation . . . it spills over with ... Read more
Edmund White
Observer
This is a collection full of energy and stunning, quiet innovation . . . it spills over with ... Read more