To See You Again
Stories
Published on 1. June 2011
304 pages
978-0-307-79829-9 (ISBN)
Description
"Her stories recall such past masters as Flannery O'Connor and Katherine Mansfield." --Newsweek Throughout her acclaimed career, Alice Adams demonstrated a remarkable finesse in both the novel and the short story. Her second collection reveals her ability to feelingly project whole lives in the space of a few pages. Here are people trying to pull free of the constraints of family bonds, people bewitched by capricious love, people conquering old panics, or changing in profound ways. Included are "Snow," "Legends," "Lost Luggage," "An Unscheduled Stop, "At First Sight."
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Windows
File size
1,92 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-307-79829-9 (9780307798299)
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Alice Adams
To See You Again
Book
03/1982
Alfred A. Knopf
€32.42
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Person
Alice Adams was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia and raised in North Carolina, and graduated from Radcliffe College. She was the recipient of an Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and the O. Henry Lifetime Achievement Award. She was the author of five collections of short stories and ten novels, among them Listening to Billie, Superior Women, Second Chances, and A Southern Exposure. She lived in San Francisco until her death in 1999.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Snow
- Greyhound People
- The Party-Givers
- By the Sea
- An Unscheduled Stop
- The Girl Across the Room
- Lost Luggage
- Berkeley House
- A Wonderful Woman
- Legends
- Related Histories
- The Break-In
- A Southern Spelling Bee
- True Colors
- At the Beach
- Truth or Consequences
- Teresa
- At First Sight
- To See You Again
- Other Books by This Author
- A Note About the Author
