Honeydew stories
"Over the past several decades, Edith Pearlman has staked her claim as one of the all-time great practitioners of the short story. Her inimitable voice, consummate skill, and bighearted spirit have earned her consistent comparisons to Anton Chekov, John Updike, Alice Munro, Grace Paley, and Fra...
| Main Author: | Pearlman, Edith, 1936- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"Over the past several decades, Edith Pearlman has staked her claim as one of the all-time great practitioners of the short story. Her inimitable voice, consummate skill, and bighearted spirit have earned her consistent comparisons to Anton Chekov, John Updike, Alice Munro, Grace Paley, and Frank O'Connor. Her latest work, gathered in this stunning collection of twenty new stories, is an occasion for celebration."--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: |
279 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780316297226 (hbk.) 0316297224 (hbk.) |
| Author Notes: |
She published more than 200 short stories. Some of her early collections included, Vaquita (1996), Love Among the Greats (2002), and How to Fall (2005). Her last book was Honeydew (2014). She is best known for her collection of short stories, Binocular Vision, published in 2011. It won the National Book Critics Circle Award. She also received the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story. Edith Pearlman died on January 1, 2023, in Brookline, MA, at the age of 86. (Bowker Author Biography) |