The Collected Stories - Softcover

Gordon, Caroline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807116300 ISBN 13: 9780807116302

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, 1990

Synopsis

A compilation of all the short fiction of a career spanning over forty years includes such classics as The Captive and Old Red and such previously uncollected works as The Olive Garden and The Waterfall..

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Review

Praise for Caroline Gordon and "The Collected Stories"

"[Caroline Gordon] is great on getting things there so concretely that they can't possibly escape . . . That is real masterly doing, and nobody does it any better than Caroline. You walk through her stories like you are walking in a complete real world. And watch how the meaning comes from the things themselves and not from her imposing anything."--Flannery O'Connor, "The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor"

"The lessons of Henry James and [Ford Madox] Ford are applied to Southerners of all classes in stories shot through with a brilliant 'solidity of specification.' A wonderful book."--"The Washington Post Book World"

"In this collection one can see how a story speaks for its creator's sense of literary timelessness . . . [These stories] are records of the struggles of the human spirit to survive."--"The Christian Science Monitor"

"Extraordinary vigor . . . Caroline Gordon writes with uncommon probity and assurance."--Anne Tyler, "The New York Times Book Review"

[Caroline Gordon] is great on getting things there so concretely that they can't possibly escape . . . That is real masterly doing, and nobody does it any better than Caroline. You walk through her stories like you are walking in a complete real world. And watch how the meaning comes from the things themselves and not from her imposing anything. "Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor"

The lessons of Henry James and [Ford Madox] Ford are applied to Southerners of all classes in stories shot through with a brilliant solidity of specification.' A wonderful book. "The Washington Post Book World"

In this collection one can see how a story speaks for its creator's sense of literary timelessness . . . [These stories] are records of the struggles of the human spirit to survive. "The Christian Science Monitor"

Extraordinary vigor . . . Caroline Gordon writes with uncommon probity and assurance. "Anne Tyler, The New York Times Book Review""

-[Caroline Gordon] is great on getting things there so concretely that they can't possibly escape . . . That is real masterly doing, and nobody does it any better than Caroline. You walk through her stories like you are walking in a complete real world. And watch how the meaning comes from the things themselves and not from her imposing anything.- --Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor

-The lessons of Henry James and [Ford Madox] Ford are applied to Southerners of all classes in stories shot through with a brilliant 'solidity of specification.' A wonderful book.- --The Washington Post Book World

-In this collection one can see how a story speaks for its creator's sense of literary timelessness . . . [These stories] are records of the struggles of the human spirit to survive.- --The Christian Science Monitor

-Extraordinary vigor . . . Caroline Gordon writes with uncommon probity and assurance.- --Anne Tyler, The New York Times Book Review

"[Caroline Gordon] is great on getting things there so concretely that they can't possibly escape . . . That is real masterly doing, and nobody does it any better than Caroline. You walk through her stories like you are walking in a complete real world. And watch how the meaning comes from the things themselves and not from her imposing anything." --Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor

"The lessons of Henry James and [Ford Madox] Ford are applied to Southerners of all classes in stories shot through with a brilliant 'solidity of specification.' A wonderful book." --The Washington Post Book World

"In this collection one can see how a story speaks for its creator's sense of literary timelessness . . . [These stories] are records of the struggles of the human spirit to survive." --The Christian Science Monitor

"Extraordinary vigor . . . Caroline Gordon writes with uncommon probity and assurance." --Anne Tyler, The New York Times Book Review

About the Author

Caroline Gordon (1895-1981), a native of Kentucky, began her literary career in the 1920 s after her marriage to poet Allen Tate. In 1929 her first story appeared. In 1931 her first novel, Penhally, was published. This was followed by three volumes of short fiction and eight more novels.

Edition details

• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807116300
• ISBN 13: 9780807116302
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352