One of the truly great works of twentieth-century American literature, Eudora Welty s Collected Stories confirms her place as a contemporary master of short fiction. Welty wrote prolifically over the course of her long career, but the heart and soul of her literary vision lay with the short story. The forty-one pieces reproduced here, written over a period of three decades, include Petrified Man, Why I Live at the P.O., The Wide Net, and The Bride of the Innisfallen. I have been told, Welty writes in the introduction, both in approval and in accusation, that I seem to love all my characters. The characters that spring to life in this masterwork reveal the depth and breadth of her love. The richness of such talent resists a summing up...She is always honest, always just. And she is vastly entertaining. The stories are magnificent. Maureen Howard, The New York Times Book Review Eudora Welty is one of our purest, finest, gentlest voices and this collection is something to be treasured. Anne Tyler, The Washington Star The ironic tenderness of Chekhov, the almost feral edge of Maupassant, the omiusness of Poe and Bierce, the lacy strength of Henry Green. She is probably the finest Mozartian stylist writing in the English language. Mary Lee Settle, Saturday Review The breadth of Welty s offering is finally most visible t in the variety of types farce, satire, horror, lyric, pastoral, mystery but in the clarity and solidity and absolute honesty of a lifetime s vision. Reylds Price, The New Republic
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Brilliance Corporation
ISBN-10
145585767x
ISBN-13
9781455857678
eBay Product ID (ePID)
188401995
Product Key Features
Author
Eudora Welty
Format
CD, CD Standard Audio Format
Language
English
Additional Product Features
Running Time
1961
Contained Items Statement
27 Audio Cds
Date of Publication
15/11/2011
Subject
Anthologies
Imprint
Brilliance Corporation
Country of Publication
United States
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