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The Stories of Mary Gordon
The stories of Mary Gordon return us to the pleasure of this writer's craft and to her monumental talent as an observer of character and of the ever-fading American Dream. These pieces encompass the pre- and postwar Irish American family life she circles in the early Temporary Shelter series, as well as a wealth of new fiction that brings her contemporary characters into middle age; it is their turn to face bodily decline, mortality, and the more complex anxieties of modern life. With their powerful insights into how we make do, both socially and privately, these stories are a treasure of American fiction.
Book Details
- Publisher: Anchor Books
- Publish Date: Nov 6th, 2007
- Pages: 480
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.94in - 5.30in - 1.02in - 0.75lb
- EAN: 9781400078080
- Categories: • Literary• Short Stories (single author)• Classics
About the Author
Mary Gordon is the author of the novels Spending, The Company of Women, The Rest of Life, Final Payments, The Other Side, and Pearl, as well as the memoir The Shadow Man. She has received a Lila Wallace--Reader's Digest Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the 1997 O. Henry Award for best story. She teaches at Barnard College and lives in New York City.
Praise for this book
"A rich introduction (or a happy re-acquaintance) to Gordon's talent." --The Seattle Times"These characters are splendid in their ridiculous humanity. . . . Gordon's new stories are deeper and more relaxed, but all provide a mesmeric read . . . you'll want to inhale and savor at the same time." --Entertainment Weekly"Breathtaking. . . . Voluptuous." --Los Angeles Times"Carefully drawn and gracefully written, [Gordon's] stories combine the intimacy of memoir with the shape and narrative energy of fiction. . . .Vivid and richly imagined." --Chicago Sun-Times