Life Being the Best & Other Stories: 0 (New Directions Revived Modern Classics) - Softcover

Boyle, K

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811210537 ISBN 13: 9780811210539

Publisher: New Directions, 1988

Synopsis

Thirteen stories deal with three sisters, a young woman's dashed hopes, failed love, life's dissatisfactions, missed opportunities, and the search for identity.

About this title

About the Author:

Kay Boyle (1902-1992) was a writer and political activist. She was twice awarded Guggenheim fellowships, won the O. Henry Award for best short story of the year in 1935 and again in 1941, held a number of honorary degrees, and occupied the Henry James chair of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1981, she was awarded a Senior Fellowship for Literature from the National Endowment for the Arts.

From the Back Cover:

In both her art and her life, Kay Boyle has exemplified that quality she values most in other artists--the bold articulation of a passionately held belief. An American expatriate in Europe from 1923-1941, Boyle was part of that pioneering group of modernists forging the 'revolution of the word.'

About this edition

• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0811210537
• ISBN 13: 9780811210539
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140