The Circus in the Attic: And Other Stories - Softcover
A collection of Penn Warren’s best short fiction: two novelettes and twelve stories that skillfully handle a variety of themes and styles.”Worth reading for their craftsmanship and variety” (Charles Poore, New York Times).
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This collection of the best short fiction contains two novellas and twelve stories, encompassing a variety of themes. The title piece chronicles the history of a Southern town and the life of one of its eccentric citizens. "The Unvexed Isles" and "The Life and Work of Professor Roy Millen" are ironic portrayals of academic life. A number of other stories have rural settings: "Prime Leaf," a story of violence among tobacco farmers; "Her Own People," which sketches the plight of an itinerant black girl; and "Blackberry Winter," a reminiscence of a boyhood encounter with evil that Paul Engle calls "one of the supreme stories of American literature."
"Worth reading for their craftsmanship and variety." -- The New York Times
"Any reader will find in these stories the same direct concern with people and their actions that made All the King's Men the fine novel it was." -- San Francisco Chronicle
|This collection of the best short fiction contains two novellas and twelve stories, encompassing a variety of themes. The title piece chronicles the history of a Southern town and the life of one of its eccentric citizens. "The Unvexed Isles" and "The Life and Work of Professor Roy Millen" are ironic portrayals of academic life. A number of other stories have rural settings: "Prime Leaf," a story of violence among tobacco farmers; "Her Own People," which sketches the plight of an itinerant black girl; and "Blackberry Winter," a reminiscence of a boyhood encounter with evil that Paul Engle calls "one of the supreme stories of American literature."
"Worth reading for their craftsmanship and variety." -- The New York Times
"Any reader will find in these stories the same direct concern with people and their actions that made All the King's Men the fine novel it was." -- San Francisco Chronicle
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"Worth reading for their craftsmanship and variety." -- The New York Times
"Any reader will find in these stories the same direct concern with people and their actions that made All the King's Men the fine novel it was." -- San Francisco Chronicle
|This collection of the best short fiction contains two novellas and twelve stories, encompassing a variety of themes. The title piece chronicles the history of a Southern town and the life of one of its eccentric citizens. "The Unvexed Isles" and "The Life and Work of Professor Roy Millen" are ironic portrayals of academic life. A number of other stories have rural settings: "Prime Leaf," a story of violence among tobacco farmers; "Her Own People," which sketches the plight of an itinerant black girl; and "Blackberry Winter," a reminiscence of a boyhood encounter with evil that Paul Engle calls "one of the supreme stories of American literature."
"Worth reading for their craftsmanship and variety." -- The New York Times
"Any reader will find in these stories the same direct concern with people and their actions that made All the King's Men the fine novel it was." -- San Francisco Chronicle
Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), America's first Poet Laureate, won three Pulitzer Prizes and virtually every other major award given to American writers. He is also author of All the King's Men.
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- PublisherMariner Books
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0156028654
- ISBN 13 9780156028653
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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