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May 07, 1991 | ISBN 9780679731931 Buy
Sep 29, 2010 | ISBN 9780307765734 Buy
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May 07, 1991 | ISBN 9780679731931
Sep 29, 2010 | ISBN 9780307765734
These fifteen stories by Ann Beattie garnered universal critical acclaim on their first publication, earning Beattie the reputation as the most celebrated new voice in American fiction. Today these stories — "A Vintage Thunderbird;" "The Lawn Party, " " La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans," to name a few — seem even more powerful, and are read and studied as classics of the short-story form. Spare and elegant, yet charged with feeling and with the tension of things their characters cannot say, they are masterly portraits of improvised lives.
Ann Beattie has published twenty-one books and lives with her husband, the painter Lincoln Perry, in Maine. She is a recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award for achievement in the short story and a member of the American Academy of Arts and… More about Ann Beattie
"Powerful and plausible…Beattie is a remarkable talent."–Chicago Sun-Times"Ann Beattie’s stories are the most perceptive since Salinger’s. They are not just good writing, not just true to life; they have wonder in them and vision." — Mary Lee Settle"Superb."–Boston Globe"Talented and sensitive…works of vivid honesty and insight."– Washington PostAlso by Ann Beattie, available in Vintage Contemporaries: Chilly Scenes of Winter, Distortions, Falling in Place, Love Always, Picturing Will
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