Short Stories: Five DecadesFeaturing sixty-three stories spanning five decades, this superb collection-including "Girls in Their Summer Dresses," "Sailor Off the Bremen," and "The Eighty-Yard Run"-clearly illustrates why Shaw is considered one of America's finest short-story writers. |
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Avis d'utilisateur - _eskarina - LibraryThingMy first book by Irwin Shaw, and more than significant disappointment. Inspiration for his short stories is taken from everyday life - somewhat I usually appreciate, however, these stories are imho ... Consulter l'avis complet
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Avis d'utilisateur - Paul - GoodreadsUneven, but often masterful. Check out "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" and its teasing evocation of desire. Consulter l'avis complet
Table des matières
The Eightyyard Run | |
Borough of Cemeteries | 1 |
Main Currents of American Thought | 8 |
Second Mortgage | 17 |
Sailor off the Bremen | 21 |
Strawberry Ice Cream Soda | 30 |
Welcome to the City | 40 |
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses | 50 |
The Passion of Lance Corporal Hawkins | 263 |
The Dry Rock | 273 |
Noises in the City | 282 |
The Indian in Depth of Night | 292 |
Material Witness | 297 |
Little Henry Irving | 302 |
The House of Pain | 310 |
A Year to Learn the Language | 316 |
Search Through the Streets of the City | 57 |
The Monument | 64 |
I Stand by Dempsey | 70 |
God on Friday Night | 75 |
Return to Kansas City | 80 |
Triumph of Justice | 86 |
No Jury Would Convict | 95 |
The Lament of Madame Reehevsky | 99 |
The Deputy Sheriff | 105 |
Stop Pushing Rocky | 113 |
March March on Down the Field | 120 |
Free Conscience Void of Offence | 124 |
Weep in Years to Come | 132 |
The City Was in Total Darkness | 138 |
Night Birth and Opinion | 150 |
Preach on the Dusty Roads | 157 |
Hamlets of the World | 164 |
Medal from Jerusalem | 175 |
Walking Wounded | 191 |
Night in Algiers | 206 |
Gunners Passage | 209 |
Retreat | 223 |
Act of Faith | 231 |
The Man with One Ann | 245 |
The Greek General | 343 |
The Green Nude | 353 |
The Climate of Insomnia | 371 |
Goldilocks at Graveside | 387 |
Mixed Doubles | 406 |
A Wicked Story | 414 |
Age of Reason | 423 |
Peter Two | 432 |
The Sunny Banks of the River Lethe | 439 |
The Man Who Married a French Wife | 450 |
Voyage Out Voyage Home | 467 |
Tip on a Dead Jockey | 488 |
The Inhabitants of Venus | 515 |
In the French Style | 535 |
Then We Were Three | 547 |
God Was Here But He Left Early | 571 |
Love on a Dark Street | 589 |
Small Saturday | 606 |
Pattern of Love | 649 |
Whispers in Bedlam | 657 |
Where All Things Wise and Fair Descend | 696 |
Full Many a Flower | 710 |
Circle of Light | 723 |
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| Titre | Short Stories: Five Decades Phoenix Fiction |
| Auteur | Irwin Shaw |
| Édition | illustrée, réimprimée |
| Éditeur | University of Chicago Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0226751287, 9780226751283 |
| Longueur | 756 pages |
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