Lily (A Vintage Short)
by Jane Smiley
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A Vintage Shorts "Short Story Month" Selection From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the classic A Thousand Acres and winner of the 1985 O. Henry Award, "Lily"--first published as part of the classic collection of short stories, The Age of Grief--is the dazzling, tragic portrait of a beautiful and lonely young poet who meddles in her longtime friends' marriage when they come to visit. Neither Kevin nor Nancy seemed at all interested in Lily's life in the couple of years since show more they've last seen her. But she has suffered through hours of their squabbling, awkwardly endured complaints from each about the other, and when Kevin finally demands to know if his wife still loves him, Lily must decide whether she wants to end this frustrating intrusion into the calm of her life for good. An ebook short. show lessAuthor Information
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Jane Smiley was born in Los Angeles, California on September 26, 1949. She received a B. A. from Vassar College in 1971 and an M.F.A. and a Ph.D from the University of Iowa. From 1981 to 1996, she taught undergraduate and graduate creative writing workshops at Iowa State University. Her books include The Age of Grief, The Greenlanders, Moo, Horse show more Heaven, Ordinary Love and Good Will, Some Luck, and Early Warning. In 1985, she won an O. Henry Award for her short story Lily, which was published in The Atlantic Monthly. A Thousand Acres received both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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