Whether writing about relationships, sexy little girls, loving and bickering couples, angry suburbanites, frustrated job-seekers, or Jewish children performing a Christmas play, Grace Paley captures the loneliness, poignancy, and humor of the human experience with matchless style in this book of short stories.
"Fresh and vigorous...Mrs. Paley’s view of life is her own."--The New Yorker
"The glad tidings from this reviewer’s corner are of the appearance of a [writer] possessed of an all-too-infrequent literary virtue--the comic vision."--The New York Times
Grace Paley was a short story writer, poet, pacifist, political activist, and professor. She was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship for Fiction, the Edith Wharton Award, the Rea Award for the Short Story, the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction, and the Jewish Cultural Achievement Award for Literary Arts. She died in 2007.
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Vendeur : Bill & Ben Books, Faringdon, Royaume-Uni
Hardback. Etat : Good. Paley's quirky, boisterous characters and rich use of language won her readers' hearts and secured her place as one of America's most accomplished short-story writers. Her stories are united by her signature interweaving of personal and political truths, her extraordinary capacity for empathy and her pointed depiction of the small and large events that make up daily life. This is a rare copy of Grace Paley's debut collection of stories. First published in 1959 and reissued by Andre Deutsch in 1969. N° de réf. du vendeur 0099102
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Vendeur : Burwood Books, Wickham Market, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 189. Black and white printed photo d/w. Short stories.Original publisher's red cloth boards with gilt lettering at spine. ISBN: 0233961321 Very good very good, slightly used dust jacket with slight edgewear at top rear. Decent copy. N° de réf. du vendeur C94207
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