
Butter
Novellas, Stories, and Fragments
Gayl Jones(Author)
Beacon Press
Will be published approx. on 4. April 2023
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-0-8070-3001-1 (ISBN)
Description
"A wide-ranging collection, including two novellas and ten stories exploring complex identities, from the acclaimed author of Corregidora, The Healing, and Palmares"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boston, MA
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
342 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8070-3001-1 (9780807030011)
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E-Book
04/2023
Beacon Press
€13.49
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Person
Gayl Jones was born in Kentucky in 1949. She attended Connecticut College and Brown University, and has taught at Wellesley College and the University of Michigan. Her landmark books include Corregidora, Eva’s Man, The Healing (a National Book Award finalist and New York Times Notable Book of the Year), Palmares (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction), and most recently, The Birdcatcher (National Book Award finalist).
Content
“Butter”: A novella
“Sophia”: A novella
“Screen Test”: A fragment
“A Spy Story”
“Garlic Bread”: A novella
“The Costume Maker”
“Worker”: A fragment
“Mirabeau”
“Jigsaw Sandals”
“Shuger’s Wife”
“The Female Angel”
“Horse Race”: A fragment
“Bathtub Gin”: A fragment
“The Historian, the Actress, and the Playwright”
“Ravenna”
“The Horse-Believing Woman”
“The Lost Stories”: Fragments
Jazz People
Abstract Fiction
Cultural Pluralism
Sweet Marsala
Rainbow People
The Elephant, or Totem and Taboo
The Gingerbread Man: An Experiment
Wooley Boatman
Stephan and Pilar
Mrs. Marsipan
Aunt Jane’s Dream
“Sophia”: A novella
“Screen Test”: A fragment
“A Spy Story”
“Garlic Bread”: A novella
“The Costume Maker”
“Worker”: A fragment
“Mirabeau”
“Jigsaw Sandals”
“Shuger’s Wife”
“The Female Angel”
“Horse Race”: A fragment
“Bathtub Gin”: A fragment
“The Historian, the Actress, and the Playwright”
“Ravenna”
“The Horse-Believing Woman”
“The Lost Stories”: Fragments
Jazz People
Abstract Fiction
Cultural Pluralism
Sweet Marsala
Rainbow People
The Elephant, or Totem and Taboo
The Gingerbread Man: An Experiment
Wooley Boatman
Stephan and Pilar
Mrs. Marsipan
Aunt Jane’s Dream