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Elbow Room

By James Alan McPherson

By James Alan McPherson

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Oct 12, 1986 | ISBN 9780449213575

Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson
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Oct 12, 1986 | ISBN 9780449213575

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About Elbow Room

A beautiful collection of short stories that explores blacks and whites today, Elbow Room is alive with warmth and humor. Bold and very real, these twelve stories examine a world we all know but find difficult to define.

Whether a story dashes the bravado of young street toughs or pierces through the self-deception of a failed preacher, challenges the audacity of a killer or explodes the jealousy of two lovers, James Alan McPherson has created an array of haunting images and memorable characters in an unsurpassed collection of honest, masterful fiction.

About James Alan McPherson

James Alan McPherson (1943–2016) was the author of Hue and Cry, Railroad, and Elbow Room, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1978. His essays and short stories appeared in numerous periodicals— including The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, Newsday, Ploughshares, The… More about James Alan McPherson

Product Details

Category: Literary Fiction

Mass Market Paperback | $8.99
Published by Fawcett
Oct 12, 1986 | 288 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780449213575

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"Twelve deeply felt stories about an extraordinarily various group of black Americans. Mr. McPherson is one of those rare writers who can tell a story describe shadings of character, and make sociological observations with equal subtlety."

The New Yorker

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