The Old Man at the Railroad Crossing and Other Tales
Selected and Introduced by Aimee Bender
$24.57
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
17 May 2016
Summary
In these tales, with one foot firmly planted in the present, Maxwell brings a certain sophisticated urbanity to the oral traditions of the fable and fairy tale. “The total effect is of something midway between the Brothers Grimm and Kafka, with perhaps a touch of Zen.” (NYRB April 1966) While modern enough in locale and context, they are as old as humanity itself in what concerns them. And always that voice, the age old voice of the storyteller, the eternal magic of the speaking human voice…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781940436326 |
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| ISBN-10: | 194043632X |
| Author: | William Maxwell, Aimee Bender |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 17 May 2016 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 139mm |
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About The Author
William Maxwell
William Keepers Maxwell Jr. was an American editor, novelist, short story writer, essayist, children’s author, and memoirist. He served as a fiction editor at The New Yorker from 1936 to 1975.
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