Park City

Beattie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067945506X ISBN 13: 9780679455066

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998

Thirty-six short stories--including eight never before published in book form, as well as classics from earlier collections--appear in an anthology that features "Snakes' Shoes," "The Burning House," "Heaven on a Summer Night," and others. 25,000 first printing. Tour.

Review:

"There is a kind of magnificence to Ann Beattie's Park City. . . . One feels amazed at the confidence, steadiness and quality of [her work]." --The New York Times Book Review (front page)

"Like a boxed set of Miles Davis CDs . . . both superb in itself and an essential piece of history. . . . [Beattie is] one of our era's most
vital masters of the short form." --The Washington Post Book World

"Graceful and rewarding." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Beattie has a facility . . . that is breathtaking, a fluidity that delights. . . . [She is] one of the most influential short-fiction writers of her generation." --Newsday

About the Author:

Ann Beattie grew up in Washington, D.C. She has taught at Harvard College and the University of Virginia, among other places. She has published five previous collections of stories-- Distortions, Secrets and Surprises, The Burning House, Where You'll Find Me, and What Was Mine--and six novels, including Chilly Scenes of Winter, Picturing Will, and My Life, Starring Dara Falcon. She and her husband, the artist Lincoln Perry, divide their time between Maine and Key West, Florida.