Synopses & Reviews
This magnicifent summation of the short stories of Shirley Ann Grau, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Keepers of the House, is a long overdue but joyfully welcome volume that gathers together eighteen gems ranking with the finest of Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. Included are generous selections from her widely acclaimed first collection, The Black Prince and Other Stories, whose mysterious, fable-like title piece creates a propulsive opening for this book; dazzlingly varied tales from The Wind Shifting West; and quietly assured stories from her most recent collection, Nine Women, illuminating the psyches of female characters young and old, rich and poor, plain and beautiful.