Young Saroyan: Follow and Other Early Writings - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0912201371 ISBN 13: 9780912201375

Publisher: Pr at California st, 2009

Synopsis

William Saroyan's autobiographical novella "Follow" and other early writings

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From the Inside Flap:

William Saroyan was an undiscovered author in the early 1930s – the years just before the Armenian- American writer from Fresno vaulted to fame with “The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze.” That 1934 short story collection launched a dazzling literary career that later brought Saroyan a Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award. Living in San Francisco in those early years, the writer labored in obscurity, sharpening his skills. Colorful characters, fresh ideas and bold stories flowed from his typewriter. But his stories attracted scant attention. Collected here for the first time are some of the unjustly neglected gems of Saroyan’s early work – including “Follow,” a gripping autobiographical novella published for the first time in 2008 by The Fresno Bee to mark the writer’s centennial year. It tells the story of a young man from Fresno who hungers for success as a writer in New York – but learns some bitter lessons. The Press at California State University, Fresno, in collaboration with The Fresno Bee and Fresno County Public Library, has brought together in this book a range of works from Saroyan’s early years, including letters and unpublished short stories from the author’s archive at Stanford University. These will make fascinating reading for readers who remember Saroyan and appreciate his gift to American letters.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pr at California st
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0912201371
• ISBN 13: 9780912201375
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 159
• Editor: Secrest William B. Jr.