The Collected Stories of Grace Paley
$32.74
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
7 October 1999
Summary
Here are all Grace Paley’s classic stories in one volume.
From her first book The Little Disturbances of Man (1959), to Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1974) and Later the Same Day (1985), Grace Paley’s quirky, boisterous characters and rich use of language have won her readers’ hearts and secured her place as one of America’s most accomplished short story writers.
Her stories are united by her signature interweaving of personal and political tr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781860495212 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1860495214 |
| Author: | Grace Paley |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 7 October 1999 |
| Weight: | 292g |
| Dimensions: | 134mm x 181mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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Paley is as clever a mimic as Philip Roth, as cheerfully zany and aleatory in her vision of New York as Christina Stead, as serendipitous as Donald Bartheleme, but her unladylike gutsiness and friendliness are nonpareil - EDMUND WHITE, OBSERVER
This is a collection full of energy and stunning, quiet innovation … it spills over with contempt, raucous humour, sadness and generosity. In it, life and language are synonymous, and there is no higher praise. What a wonderful book - ALI SMITH, SCOTSMANAn understanding of loneliness, lust, selfishness and fatigue that is splendidly comic and unladylike - PHILIP ROTHLargely set within the same small close-knit community in New York’s Lower East Side … ultimately what’s at stake for Paley is whether to believe in the comic possibility of continuance or the tragic inevitablity of ending. Grace Paley’s is an exceptiona - KASIA BODDY, GUARDIANPaley is as clever a mimic as Philip Roth, as cheerfully zany and aleatory in her vision of New York as Christina Stead, as serendipitous as Donald Bartheleme, but her unladylike gutsiness and friendliness are nonpareil - EDMUND WHITE, OBSERVERThis is a collection full of energy and stunning, quiet innovation … it spills over with contempt, raucous humour, sadness and generosity. In it, life and language are synonymous, and there is no higher praise. What a wonderful book - ALI SMITH, SCOTSMANAn understanding of loneliness, lust, selfishness and fatigue that is splendidly comic and unladylike - PHILIP ROTHLargely set within the same small close-knit community in New York’s Lower East Side … ultimately what’s at stake for Paley is whether to believe in the comic possibility of continuance or the tragic inevitablity of ending. Grace Paley’s is an exceptiona - KASIA BODDY, GUARDIANAbout The Author
Grace Paley
Grace Paley grew up amidst the vivid life of immigrant New York. She had little formal education - she was too busy writing poetry and reading to finish school - and began to write fiction in the 1950s. She devoted much energy to the anti-war movements, particularly Vietnam. She died in August 2007.
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