New stories from a master of American fiction. ### From Publishers Weekly Accomplished and often overlooked literary stylist McElroy (Preparations for Search) hauls out some old and some new stories that question what is knowable and what is being subverted. A teacher's comment to a Brooklynite Ar
Night Soul and Other Stories
โ Scribed by McElroy, Joseph
- Book ID
- 109173404
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 168 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781564786708
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Overview: JOSEPH McELROY was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1930. He is the author of eight novels and has written dozens of stories, essays, and reviews. He has received the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and fellowships from the Guggenheim, Rockefeller, and Ingram Merrill Foundations, as well as the National Endowment for the Arts.
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