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The Congressman Who Loved Flaubert: 21 Stories and Novellas

Ward Just

This masterly volume comprises the best shorter fiction written by Just over the last 25 years. "The working life, the war, politics, love affairs, and marriage seem to be the waters in which my boats set sail," Just writes. Here is a generous selection of the work that has earned Just his reputation as "one of the most astute writers of American fiction."

Book Details

  • Publisher: Mariner Books
  • Publish Date: Jun 8th, 1998
  • Pages: 400
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.20in - 5.40in - 1.00in - 0.95lb
  • EAN: 9780395901373
  • Categories: Short Stories (single author)LiteraryWorld Literature - American - 20th Century

About the Author

Just, Ward: - WARD JUST (1935-2019) was the author of nineteen novels, including Exiles in the Garden, Forgetfulness, the National Book Award finalist Echo House, A Dangerous Friend, winner of the Cooper Prize for fiction from the Society of American Historians, and An Unfinished Season, winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Award and a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize.

Praise for this book

"Fiction that for its ambition and insight is unique in American letters." Boston Globe

"Masterpieces of balance, focus, and hidden order." The Chicago Tribune --