
Stories in an Almost Classical Mode
Harold Brodkey(Author)
Vintage Books (Publisher)
Published on 23. October 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
608 pages
978-0-679-72431-5 (ISBN)
Description
These 17 short stories represent the best of Brodkey's work over three decades.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
849 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-679-72431-5 (9780679724315)
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Person
Harold Brodkey was born in 1930 in Staunton, Illinois. He grew up in Missouri and graduated from Harvard College. Since the early 1950s, his stories have appeared regularly in The New Yorker and other magazines. His many honors include two first-place O. Henry Awards (in 1975 and 1976) as well as fellowships from the American Academy in Rome, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He has taught writing and literature at Cornell University and the City College of New York. He is the author of two novels, three collections of essays, and four collections of short stories, including Stories in an Almost Classical Mode and First Love and Other Sorrows.
Content
The Abundant Dreamer
On the Waves
Bookkeeping
Hofstedt and Jean—and Others
The Shooting Range
Innocence
Play
A Story in an Almost Classical Mode
His Son in His Arms, in Light, Aloft
Puberty
The Pain Continuum
Largley an Oral History of My Mother
Verona: A Young Woman Speaks
Ceil
S.L.
The Nurse's Music
The Boys on Their Bikes
Angel
Biographical Note
On the Waves
Bookkeeping
Hofstedt and Jean—and Others
The Shooting Range
Innocence
Play
A Story in an Almost Classical Mode
His Son in His Arms, in Light, Aloft
Puberty
The Pain Continuum
Largley an Oral History of My Mother
Verona: A Young Woman Speaks
Ceil
S.L.
The Nurse's Music
The Boys on Their Bikes
Angel
Biographical Note