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More copies of this ISBNThe Collected Storiesby Grace Paley
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Here are all of Grace Paley's classic stories collected in one volume. Her quirky, boisterous characters and rich use of language have won her readers' hearts and secured her place as one of America's most accomplished writers of short fiction. About the AuthorGrace Paley was born the daughter of Russian immigrants in the Bronx, New York, in 1922. Her short stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, and The Atlantic Monthly, among other publications. Her highly acclaimed collections of stories include The Little Disturbances of Man (1959), Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1974), Later the Same Day (1985), and The Collected Stories (1994), which won the National Book Award. She is also the author of two books of poetry, Leaning Forward (1985) and Begin Again(1992), and one collection of poems and prose pieces, Long Walks and Intimate Talks (1991). She has taught at Sarah Lawrence, Columbia, Dartmouth, and City College, and is a popular lecturer and workshop leader at colleges and universities. Included among her awards and honors are a 1997 Lannan Literary Award for Fiction; the 1994 National Book Award for Fiction; the 1993 Vermont Award for Excellence in the Arts; the 1992 REA award for Short Stories; and the 1989 Edith Wharton Award. In 1989 she was honored at a ceremony in Albany, New York, by then Governor Mario Cuomo, who declared her the first official New York State Writer. She now divides her time between New York City and Thetford Hill, Vermont. Table of ContentsTwo Ears, Three Lucks Goodbye and Good Luck A Woman, Young and Old The Pale Pink Roast The Loudest Voice The Contest An Interest in Life An Irrevocable Diameter Two Short Sad Stories from a Long and Happy Life The Used-Boy Raisers A Subject of Childhood In Time, Which Made a Monkey of Us All The Floating Truth Wants Debts Distance Faith in the Afternoon Gloomy Tune Living Come On, Ye Sons of Art Faith in a Tree Samuel The Burdened Man Enormous Changes at the Last Minute Politics Northeast Playground The Little Girl A Conversation with My Father The Immigrant Story The Long-Distance Runner Love Dreamer in a Dead Language In the Garden Somewhere Else Lavinia: An Old Story Friends At That Time, or The History of a Joke Anxiety In This Country, but in Another Language, My Aunt Refuses to Marry the Men Everyone Wants Her To Mother Ruthy and Edie A Man Told Me the Story of His Life The Story Hearer This Is a Story about My Friend George, the Toy Inventor Zagrowsky Tells The Expensive Moment Listening What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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