Ellen Gilchrist: Collected Stories
by Ellen Gilchrist
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With the publication of 1983's The Annunciation, Ellen Gilchrist established herself as a teller of charming, bittersweet tales of the modern South. Since then, her works of fiction - sixteen in all - have built up a solid base of dedicated fans. With her uncanny insights into human character and the bittersweet complications of love, Ellen Gilchrist occupies a unique place in American fiction.Tags
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A hefty trade paperback (562 pages) in good condition. A friend sent this to me after I sent her another Gilchrist book "Anabasis". I loved these stories. A perfect "bedside book," you can read a story a night and go to sleep smiling. From the back:
"Suffused with wit, irony, and the bittersweet complications of love, the writings of Ellen Gilchrist occupy a unique place in American fiction. From early novels such asThe Annunciation to recent story collections such as Flights of Angels, Gilchrist writes with a keen insight into the foibles of human nature, while narrating the off-kilter lives of her delightful eccentric and unforgettable characters. The stories in this volume, selected by Gilchrist herself, constitute the best--and show more best-loved--work of one of the finest storytellers in modern southern literature." show less
"Suffused with wit, irony, and the bittersweet complications of love, the writings of Ellen Gilchrist occupy a unique place in American fiction. From early novels such asThe Annunciation to recent story collections such as Flights of Angels, Gilchrist writes with a keen insight into the foibles of human nature, while narrating the off-kilter lives of her delightful eccentric and unforgettable characters. The stories in this volume, selected by Gilchrist herself, constitute the best--and show more best-loved--work of one of the finest storytellers in modern southern literature." show less
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She is the author of 16 works of fiction, including the story collection Victory Over Japan, which won the National Book Award & most recently, The Cabal & Other Stories. She lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Ocean Springs, Mississippi & New Orleans, Louisiana. (Bowker Author Biography)
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