Summary
From four time O. Henry Award–winning author Ann Beattie, a compellingly tender, acute, and revelatory collection of stories.
Ann Beattie’s Follies is a superb novella and collection of stories about adult children, aging parents, and the chance encounters that irrevocably alter lives. Beattie is a masterful observer of domestic relations and the idiosyncratic logic that governs human lives.
In Follies, her most resonant collection, she looks…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780743269629 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0743269624 |
| Author: | Ann Beattie |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Scribner |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2006 |
| Weight: | 329g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
“The stories ofFolliesshine with the insights of time.”–Los Angeles Times
“Beattie is a shrewd observer of human nature and one of the best short story writers alive.” – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution“Ann Beattie is one of our era’s most vital masters of the short form.” – The Washington Post Book World“Beattie has a keen eye for love’s fault lines, for our missed signals and hidden motives.” – More“Beattie’s style works brilliantly – as, seeming only to report the events of an evening, she reveals the essence of her tale.” – The Atlantic Monthly“The stories of Follies shine with the insights of time.” – Los Angeles Times
About The Author
Ann Beattie
Ann Beattie has been included in five O. Henry Award Collections, in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Short Stories of the Century. She is the recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award for achievement in the short story. In 2005, she received the Rea Award for the Short Story. The former Edgar Allan Poe Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Virginia, she is a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She and her husband, Lincoln Perry, live in Maine, Virginia, and Florida.
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