COLLECTED STORIES. Including The Member of the Wedding and The Ballad of the Sad Cafe. Introduction by Virginia Spenser Carr
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1987
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Seller: Ed Smith Books, Bainbridge Island, WA, U.S.A.Ed Smith Books
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A writer of extraordinary power and originality ,that holds a celebrated place in American letters. This volume, the Uncorrected Proof, gathers together the short stories that span her writing career. The nineeteen stories offered here include her most important works; Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland -- and, The Haunted Boy -- as well as earlier works that display her development as a writer. Also presented are two of her finest works of fiction; Member of the Wedding and The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, which Tennessee Williams called ''assuredly among the masterpieces of our language in the form of a novella". 392 pages. A near fine copy in the original perfect bound orange wrappers.
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- Title
- COLLECTED STORIES. Including The Member of the Wedding and The Ballad of the Sad Cafe. Introduction by Virginia Spenser Carr
- Author
- McCullers, Carson
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin, Boston
- Publication year
- 1987
- Condition
- Near fine
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 039544179X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395441794
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof.
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