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Published on Jun 08, 2011 | 304 Pages
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Published on Jun 08, 2011 | 304 Pages
“Her stories recall such past masters as Flannery O’Connor and Katherine Mansfield.” –Newsweek
Throughout her acclaimed career, Alice Adams demonstrated a remarkable finesse in both the novel and the short story.
Her second collection reveals her ability to feelingly project whole lives in the space of a few pages. Here are people trying to pull free of the constraints of family bonds, people bewitched by capricious love, people conquering old panics, or changing in profound ways.
Included are “Snow,” “Legends,” “Lost Luggage,” “An Unscheduled Stop, “At First Sight.”
Throughout her acclaimed career, Alice Adams demonstrated a remarkable finesse in both the novel and the short story.
Her second collection reveals her ability to feelingly project whole lives in the space of a few pages. Here are people trying to pull free of the constraints of family bonds, people bewitched by capricious love, people conquering old panics, or changing in profound ways.
Included are “Snow,” “Legends,” “Lost Luggage,” “An Unscheduled Stop, “At First Sight.”
Author
Alice Adams
ALICE ADAMS was born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina, and graduated from Radcliffe College. The recipient of an Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, she received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. She was the author of five collections of short stories and ten novels, among them Listening to Billie, Superior Women, Second Chances, and A Southern Exposure. She lived in San Francisco until her death in 1999.
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