Description
From the author of The Great Fire, a collection of stories about love and acceptance, expectations and disappointment
Shirley Hazzard's stories are sharp, sensitive portrayals of moments of crisis. Whether they are set in the Italian countryside or suburban Connecticut, the stories deal with real people and real problems. In the title piece, a young widow is surprised and ashamed by her lack of grief for her husband.In A Place in the Country, a young woman has a passionate, guilty affair with her cousin's husband. In Harold, a gawky, lonely young man finds acceptance and respect through his poetry. Moving and evocative, these ten stories are written with subtlety, humor, and a keen understanding of the relationships between men and women.
Author: Shirley Hazzard, Shirley Hazzard Steegmuller, The Estate of Shirley Hazzard Steegmulle
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 07/01/2004
Pages: 191
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.54w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9780312423278
ISBN10: 0312423276
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
About the Author
Shirley Hazzard (1931-2016) is the author, most recently, of Greene on Capri, a memoir of Graham Greene, and several works of fiction, including The Evening of the Holiday, The Bay of Noon, and The Transit of Venus, winner of the 1981 National Book Critics Circle Award. She lived in New York City and Capri.
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