Here in one volume are twenty-three of the finest stories by Katherine Mansfield. Considered one of the finest short-story writers of the twentieth century, Mansfield was from a young age heavily influenced by Anton Chekhov, a master of the form. This new selection, with an introduction by the nov
Hitting the Charts: Selected Stories
โ Scribed by Leon Rooke
- Book ID
- 110819861
- Publisher
- Biblioasis
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 263 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781897231821
- ASIN
- B005LPUD06
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
According to Russell Banks, North Carolina ex-pat Leon Rooke's work charts "what the short story form can and cannot do, for he works out there in the terra incognita mapping limits." Hitting the Charts , a nineteen story Best-Of compilation, offers stories as free from constraint as a Monk solo, and as disquieting and resonant as a southern Baptist preacher at a big-tent revival. Dancing is not forbidden.
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