Author: Bertolt Brecht
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472577523
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Everyone knows that Bertolt Brecht was one of the great 20th-century innovators in theatre - the literary-theatrical equivalent of a Picasso or Stravinsky - and Germany's greatest poet of the last century, but the playwright was also a dazzling writer of stories. Storytelling permeated his art as a dramatist; fundamentally in his plays he was a storyteller. This volume collects the complete short stories written by Brecht, including the prize-winning 'The Monster', and the fragmentary memoir ghost-written by Brecht, 'Life Story of the boxer Samson-Körner'. Brecht scholar Marc Silberman provides an introduction and editorial notes. Fans of Brecht will find in the 37 stories assembled here the same directness, lack of affectation, and wry humour that characterise his plays. Every lover of short stories will discover an unexpected trove of pleasure in this "mine for short-story addicts" (Observer).
The Collected Short Stories of Jack London
Author: Jack London
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 2268
Book Description
This edition includes: A Son of the Sun The Proud Goat of Aloysius Pankburn The Devils of Fuatino The Jokers of New Gibbon A Little Account With Swithin Hall A Goboto Night The Feathers of the Sun The Pearls of Parlay Son of the Wolf The White Silence The Son of the Wolf The Men of Forty Mile In a Far Country To the Man on the Trail The Priestly Prerogative The Wisdom of the Trail The Wife of a King An Odyssey of the North The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondike The God of His Fathers The Great Interrogation Which Make Men Remember Siwash The Man with the Gash Jan, the Unrepentant Grit of Women Where the Trail Forks A Daughter of the Aurora At the Rainbow's End The Scorn of Women Children of the Frost In the Forests of the North The Law of Life Nam-Bok the Unveracious The Master of Mystery The Sunlanders The Sickness of Lone Chief Keesh, the Son of Keesh The Death of Ligoun Li Wan, the Fair The League of the Old Men The Faith of Men A Relic of the Pliocene A Hyperborean Brew The Faith of Men Too Much Gold The One Thousand Dozen The Marriage of Lit-lit Bâtard The Story of Jees Uck Tales of the Fish Patrol White and Yellow The King of the Greeks A Raid on the Oyster Pirates The Siege of the "Lancashire Queen" Charley's Coup Demetrios Contos Yellow Handkerchief Moon-Face Love of Life Lost Face South Sea Tales When God Laughs The House of Pride & Other Tales of Hawaii Smoke Bellew The Night Born The Strength of the Strong The Turtles of Tasman ... Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. His amazing life experience also includes being an oyster pirate, railroad hobo, gold prospector, sailor, war correspondent and much more. He wrote adventure novels & sea tales, stories of the Gold Rush, tales of the South Pacific and the San Francisco Bay area - most of which were based on or inspired by his own life experiences.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 2268
Book Description
This edition includes: A Son of the Sun The Proud Goat of Aloysius Pankburn The Devils of Fuatino The Jokers of New Gibbon A Little Account With Swithin Hall A Goboto Night The Feathers of the Sun The Pearls of Parlay Son of the Wolf The White Silence The Son of the Wolf The Men of Forty Mile In a Far Country To the Man on the Trail The Priestly Prerogative The Wisdom of the Trail The Wife of a King An Odyssey of the North The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondike The God of His Fathers The Great Interrogation Which Make Men Remember Siwash The Man with the Gash Jan, the Unrepentant Grit of Women Where the Trail Forks A Daughter of the Aurora At the Rainbow's End The Scorn of Women Children of the Frost In the Forests of the North The Law of Life Nam-Bok the Unveracious The Master of Mystery The Sunlanders The Sickness of Lone Chief Keesh, the Son of Keesh The Death of Ligoun Li Wan, the Fair The League of the Old Men The Faith of Men A Relic of the Pliocene A Hyperborean Brew The Faith of Men Too Much Gold The One Thousand Dozen The Marriage of Lit-lit Bâtard The Story of Jees Uck Tales of the Fish Patrol White and Yellow The King of the Greeks A Raid on the Oyster Pirates The Siege of the "Lancashire Queen" Charley's Coup Demetrios Contos Yellow Handkerchief Moon-Face Love of Life Lost Face South Sea Tales When God Laughs The House of Pride & Other Tales of Hawaii Smoke Bellew The Night Born The Strength of the Strong The Turtles of Tasman ... Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. His amazing life experience also includes being an oyster pirate, railroad hobo, gold prospector, sailor, war correspondent and much more. He wrote adventure novels & sea tales, stories of the Gold Rush, tales of the South Pacific and the San Francisco Bay area - most of which were based on or inspired by his own life experiences.
The Collected Short Stories
Author: Jeffrey Archer
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN: 1429967323
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
International bestselling author Jeffrey Archer has enthralled readers with his riveting suspense, surprise denouements, and unforgettable storylines. Now Archer's three acclaimed collections of short fiction are brought together in one irresistible volume. THE COLLECTED SHORT STORIES A Quiver Full of Arrows takes readers on a journey of encounters that befall an assortment of kindly strangers, wary old friends, and long-lost loves. Sly reflections on human nature are at the center of A Twist in the Tale in which blindly adventurous game-players compete for stakes higher than they dreamed. Expect the unexpected and you'll still be surprised in Twelve Red Herrings, a dozen tales of betrayal, love, murder and revenge capped with a startling twist. Thirty-six stories in all, each poised to astonish and inspire, revealing "master entertainer" (Time) Jeffrey Archer at his artfully entertaining best.
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN: 1429967323
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
International bestselling author Jeffrey Archer has enthralled readers with his riveting suspense, surprise denouements, and unforgettable storylines. Now Archer's three acclaimed collections of short fiction are brought together in one irresistible volume. THE COLLECTED SHORT STORIES A Quiver Full of Arrows takes readers on a journey of encounters that befall an assortment of kindly strangers, wary old friends, and long-lost loves. Sly reflections on human nature are at the center of A Twist in the Tale in which blindly adventurous game-players compete for stakes higher than they dreamed. Expect the unexpected and you'll still be surprised in Twelve Red Herrings, a dozen tales of betrayal, love, murder and revenge capped with a startling twist. Thirty-six stories in all, each poised to astonish and inspire, revealing "master entertainer" (Time) Jeffrey Archer at his artfully entertaining best.
The Collected Short Stories of H. G. Wells (Over 70 fantasy and science fiction short stories in chronological order of publication)
Author: H. G. Wells
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8074848698
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 1042
Book Description
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Collected Short Stories of H. G. Wells (Over 70 fantasy and science fiction short stories in chronological order of publication)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Table of contents: The Chronic Argonauts; In The Modern Vein (A Bardlet's Romance); The Triumphs Of A Taxidermist ; The Stolen Bacillus; The Hammerpond Park Burglary; The Jilting Of Jane; The Diamond Maker; The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid; In The Avu Observatory; Through A Window (At A Window); The Treasure In The Forest; The Lord Of The Dynamos; Aepyornis Island; A Deal In Ostriches; The Flying Man; The Temptation Of Harringay; The Moth (A Moth - Genus Novo); The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes; A Catastrophe; Le Mari Terrible; Pollock And The Porroh Man; The Obliterated Man (The Sad Story Of A Dramatic Critic); The Cone; The Argonauts Of The Air; The Bulla (The Reconciliation); A Slip Under The Microscope; Under The Knife (A Slip Under The Knife); The Red Room (The Ghost Of Fear); The Plattner Story; The Story Of The Late Mr. Elvesham; The Rajah's Treasure; In The Abyss; The Lost Inheritance; The Apple; The Purple Pileus; The Sea Raiders; The Crystal Egg; A Story Of The Stone Age - Ugh-Lomi And Uya; A Story Of The Stone Age - Ugh-Lomi And The Cave Bear; A Story Of The Stone Age - The First Horseman; A Story Of The Stone Age - The Reign Of Uya The Lion; A Story Of The Stone Age - The Fight In The Lion's Thicket; A Story Of The Days To Come - The Cure For Love; A Story Of The Days To Come - The Vacant Country; A Story Of The Days To Come - The Ways Of The City; A Story Of The Days To Come - Underneath; A Story Of The Days To Come - Bindon Intervenes; The Star; The Man Who Could Work Miracles; Miss Winchelsea's Heart; Mr Ledbetter's Vacation; The Stolen Body; Jimmy Goggles The God; Mr Brisher's Treasure; A Vision Of Judgment; A Dream Of Armageddon; Filmer; The New Accelerator; The Story Of The Inexperienced Ghost;) Mr Skelmersdale In Fairyland; The Valley Of Spiders; The Truth About Pyecraft; The Magic Shop; The Land Ironclads; The Country Of The Blind; The Empire Of The Ants; The Door In The Wall; The Beautiful Suit (A Moonlight Fable); My First Aeroplane; Little Mother Up The Mr̲derberg; The Grisly Folk.
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8074848698
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 1042
Book Description
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Collected Short Stories of H. G. Wells (Over 70 fantasy and science fiction short stories in chronological order of publication)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Table of contents: The Chronic Argonauts; In The Modern Vein (A Bardlet's Romance); The Triumphs Of A Taxidermist ; The Stolen Bacillus; The Hammerpond Park Burglary; The Jilting Of Jane; The Diamond Maker; The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid; In The Avu Observatory; Through A Window (At A Window); The Treasure In The Forest; The Lord Of The Dynamos; Aepyornis Island; A Deal In Ostriches; The Flying Man; The Temptation Of Harringay; The Moth (A Moth - Genus Novo); The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes; A Catastrophe; Le Mari Terrible; Pollock And The Porroh Man; The Obliterated Man (The Sad Story Of A Dramatic Critic); The Cone; The Argonauts Of The Air; The Bulla (The Reconciliation); A Slip Under The Microscope; Under The Knife (A Slip Under The Knife); The Red Room (The Ghost Of Fear); The Plattner Story; The Story Of The Late Mr. Elvesham; The Rajah's Treasure; In The Abyss; The Lost Inheritance; The Apple; The Purple Pileus; The Sea Raiders; The Crystal Egg; A Story Of The Stone Age - Ugh-Lomi And Uya; A Story Of The Stone Age - Ugh-Lomi And The Cave Bear; A Story Of The Stone Age - The First Horseman; A Story Of The Stone Age - The Reign Of Uya The Lion; A Story Of The Stone Age - The Fight In The Lion's Thicket; A Story Of The Days To Come - The Cure For Love; A Story Of The Days To Come - The Vacant Country; A Story Of The Days To Come - The Ways Of The City; A Story Of The Days To Come - Underneath; A Story Of The Days To Come - Bindon Intervenes; The Star; The Man Who Could Work Miracles; Miss Winchelsea's Heart; Mr Ledbetter's Vacation; The Stolen Body; Jimmy Goggles The God; Mr Brisher's Treasure; A Vision Of Judgment; A Dream Of Armageddon; Filmer; The New Accelerator; The Story Of The Inexperienced Ghost;) Mr Skelmersdale In Fairyland; The Valley Of Spiders; The Truth About Pyecraft; The Magic Shop; The Land Ironclads; The Country Of The Blind; The Empire Of The Ants; The Door In The Wall; The Beautiful Suit (A Moonlight Fable); My First Aeroplane; Little Mother Up The Mr̲derberg; The Grisly Folk.
The Collected Short Stories of Edna Ferber - Including Buttered Side Down, Cheerful - By Request, Half Portions, & Gigolo
Author: Edna Ferber
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1528798155
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
A collection of short stories by the infamously witty Jazz Age writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edna Ferber, including Buttered Side Down, Cheerful - By Request, Half Portions, and Gigolo. This volume features many of Edna Ferber’s best works of fiction. The Algonquin Round Table writer is known for her masterful ability to capture quiet everyday lives and present insightful philosophies. Many of her characters are strong, wilful women who have the remarkable capacity to exceed expectations as single mothers and businesswomen. The stories in this book are sad, enlightening, comedic, and surprisingly modern. The Collected Short Stories of Edna Ferber explores life before, during, and after the First World War, taking the reader through the quiet countryside of North America and into the States’ bustling cities. This collection features much-loved stories, including: - ‘The Kitchen Side of the Door’ - ‘The Leading Lady’ - ‘Cheerful by Request’ - ‘The Woman Who Tried to Be Good’ - ‘The Maternal Feminine’ - ‘One Hundred Per Cent’ - ‘Gigolo’ - ‘The Sudden Sixties’ First published between 1911 and 1922, this volume is now in a brand new edition, complete with an introduction by Rogers Dickinson. The Collected Short Stories of Edna Ferber would make the perfect gift for fans of the early feminist writer.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1528798155
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
A collection of short stories by the infamously witty Jazz Age writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edna Ferber, including Buttered Side Down, Cheerful - By Request, Half Portions, and Gigolo. This volume features many of Edna Ferber’s best works of fiction. The Algonquin Round Table writer is known for her masterful ability to capture quiet everyday lives and present insightful philosophies. Many of her characters are strong, wilful women who have the remarkable capacity to exceed expectations as single mothers and businesswomen. The stories in this book are sad, enlightening, comedic, and surprisingly modern. The Collected Short Stories of Edna Ferber explores life before, during, and after the First World War, taking the reader through the quiet countryside of North America and into the States’ bustling cities. This collection features much-loved stories, including: - ‘The Kitchen Side of the Door’ - ‘The Leading Lady’ - ‘Cheerful by Request’ - ‘The Woman Who Tried to Be Good’ - ‘The Maternal Feminine’ - ‘One Hundred Per Cent’ - ‘Gigolo’ - ‘The Sudden Sixties’ First published between 1911 and 1922, this volume is now in a brand new edition, complete with an introduction by Rogers Dickinson. The Collected Short Stories of Edna Ferber would make the perfect gift for fans of the early feminist writer.
E. M. Forster’s Material Humanism
Author: Nour Dakkak
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1003826164
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
Through attending to the nonhuman, E. M. Forster’s Material Humanism: Queer Matters places Forster’s fiction in conversation with contemporary debates concerned with the intersection of neomaterialism, environmental humanities and queer ecology. The book revisits Forster’s liberal humanism from a materialist perspective by focusing on humans’ embodied activities in artificial and natural environments. By examining the everyday embodied experiences of characters, the book thus brings to the fore insignificant and sometimes overlooked aspects in Forster’s fiction. It also places importance on the texts’ treatment of queer intimacy as an embodied experience that can transcend sexual desire. The book acknowledges nonhuman agency as central to our understanding of queerness in Forster’s texts and studies the representation of formless matters such as dust as a way through which Forster’s ecological concerns arise by linking the fate of oppressed humans with oppressed nonhuman others.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1003826164
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
Through attending to the nonhuman, E. M. Forster’s Material Humanism: Queer Matters places Forster’s fiction in conversation with contemporary debates concerned with the intersection of neomaterialism, environmental humanities and queer ecology. The book revisits Forster’s liberal humanism from a materialist perspective by focusing on humans’ embodied activities in artificial and natural environments. By examining the everyday embodied experiences of characters, the book thus brings to the fore insignificant and sometimes overlooked aspects in Forster’s fiction. It also places importance on the texts’ treatment of queer intimacy as an embodied experience that can transcend sexual desire. The book acknowledges nonhuman agency as central to our understanding of queerness in Forster’s texts and studies the representation of formless matters such as dust as a way through which Forster’s ecological concerns arise by linking the fate of oppressed humans with oppressed nonhuman others.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's Short Fiction
Author: Jade Broughton Adams
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474424694
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
By exploring Fitzgerald's fascination with the intertwined spheres of dance, music, theatre and film, this book demonstrates how Fitzgerald innovatively imported practices from other popular cultural media into his short stories, showing how jazz age culture served as more than mere period detail in his work.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474424694
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
By exploring Fitzgerald's fascination with the intertwined spheres of dance, music, theatre and film, this book demonstrates how Fitzgerald innovatively imported practices from other popular cultural media into his short stories, showing how jazz age culture served as more than mere period detail in his work.
The Complete Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Illustrated): Over 120 Short Stories Including Rare Sketches From Magazines of the Renowned American Author of "The Scarlet Letter", "The House of Seven Gables" and "Twice-Told Tales"
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8026838696
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 2860
Book Description
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Excerpts: "I am afraid this ghost story will bear a very faded aspect when transferred to paper. Whatever effect it had on you, or whatever charm it retains in your memory, is, perhaps, to be attributed to the favorable circumstances under which it was originally told." (The Ghost of Doctor Harris) American novelist and short story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) published his first work, a novel titled Fanshawe, in 1828; he later tried to suppress it, feeling it was not equal to the standard of his later work. He published several short stories in various periodicals, which he collected in 1837 as Twice-Told Tales. Much of Hawthorne's writing centres on New England, many works featuring moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration. His fiction works are considered to be part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, Dark romanticism. His themes often centre on the inherent evil and sin of humanity, and his works often have moral messages and deep psychological complexity. Table of Contents: Biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne Collections of Short Stories: Twice-Told Tales (1837) Grandfather's Chair (1840) Biographical Stories Mosses from an Old Manse (1846) Wonder Book For Girls and Boys (1851) The Snow Image and Other Twice Told Tales (1852) Tanglewood Tales For Girls and Boys (1853) The Dolliver Romance and Other Pieces, Tales and Sketches (1864) The Story Teller Sketches in Magazines.
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8026838696
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 2860
Book Description
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Excerpts: "I am afraid this ghost story will bear a very faded aspect when transferred to paper. Whatever effect it had on you, or whatever charm it retains in your memory, is, perhaps, to be attributed to the favorable circumstances under which it was originally told." (The Ghost of Doctor Harris) American novelist and short story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) published his first work, a novel titled Fanshawe, in 1828; he later tried to suppress it, feeling it was not equal to the standard of his later work. He published several short stories in various periodicals, which he collected in 1837 as Twice-Told Tales. Much of Hawthorne's writing centres on New England, many works featuring moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration. His fiction works are considered to be part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, Dark romanticism. His themes often centre on the inherent evil and sin of humanity, and his works often have moral messages and deep psychological complexity. Table of Contents: Biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne Collections of Short Stories: Twice-Told Tales (1837) Grandfather's Chair (1840) Biographical Stories Mosses from an Old Manse (1846) Wonder Book For Girls and Boys (1851) The Snow Image and Other Twice Told Tales (1852) Tanglewood Tales For Girls and Boys (1853) The Dolliver Romance and Other Pieces, Tales and Sketches (1864) The Story Teller Sketches in Magazines.
THE COLLECTION - SHORT STORIES FOR THE CHRISTIAN WALK
Author: Arthur Swatson Jr.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
The book is a collection of short stories that appeal to the imagination of the reader as the author carries the reader along in a series of dramatic encounters, woven into simple but riveting stories. These stories inspire the learning of biblical truths following after the manner that Jesus taught, and helps us to reflect on our way of life, our relationships, and above all, our walk with the Lord.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
The book is a collection of short stories that appeal to the imagination of the reader as the author carries the reader along in a series of dramatic encounters, woven into simple but riveting stories. These stories inspire the learning of biblical truths following after the manner that Jesus taught, and helps us to reflect on our way of life, our relationships, and above all, our walk with the Lord.
The Collected Short Fiction of Bruce Jay Friedman
Author: Bruce Jay Friedman
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 1555847862
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 695
Book Description
An “irresistible” collection of short fiction by an author who “has been likened to everyone from J. D. Salinger to Woody Allen” (The New York Times Book Review). Hailed by Newsweek as “a bona fide literary event,” The Collected Short Fiction of Bruce Jay Friedman brings together dozens of the New York Times–bestselling author’s greatest stories, which originally appeared in Esquire, The New Yorker, and other magazines. “Readers who feel short stories are too high-flown—too literary, arcane, and serious—will find counterbalance in Friedman, whose stories have uncomplicated structures, obvious gists, intelligible metaphors, and unambiguous endings and come wrapped in humor. This compilation of his output in the short story form between 1953 and 1995 has a thematic arrangement, with categories such as ‘Mother,’ ‘Crazed Youth,’ and ‘Sex.’ Some of the more outstanding pieces are ‘The Subversive,’ about the narrator’s air force buddy whom the narrator believed to be the most all-American guy he ever met until his friend commits a crazed act; ‘The Gent,’ concerning a man who succumbs to a seduction by his best friend’s daughter; and ‘The Night Boxing Ended,’ in which ringside heckling goes way out of bounds.” —Booklist “From poignant bildungsroman to sly satire, from wicked comedy to surrealistic farce, this virtuosic collection covers more than four decades’ worth of short stories . . . Friedman explores themes such as loneliness, aging, fear, parenthood and ethnicity, spinning tales in an expertly modulated voice.” —Publishers Weekly “Friedman [is] more interesting than most of Malamud, Roth, and Bellow . . . What makes him more important is that he writes out of the viscera instead of the cerebrum.” —Nelson Algren, The Nation “Pure delight.” —Newsday
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 1555847862
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 695
Book Description
An “irresistible” collection of short fiction by an author who “has been likened to everyone from J. D. Salinger to Woody Allen” (The New York Times Book Review). Hailed by Newsweek as “a bona fide literary event,” The Collected Short Fiction of Bruce Jay Friedman brings together dozens of the New York Times–bestselling author’s greatest stories, which originally appeared in Esquire, The New Yorker, and other magazines. “Readers who feel short stories are too high-flown—too literary, arcane, and serious—will find counterbalance in Friedman, whose stories have uncomplicated structures, obvious gists, intelligible metaphors, and unambiguous endings and come wrapped in humor. This compilation of his output in the short story form between 1953 and 1995 has a thematic arrangement, with categories such as ‘Mother,’ ‘Crazed Youth,’ and ‘Sex.’ Some of the more outstanding pieces are ‘The Subversive,’ about the narrator’s air force buddy whom the narrator believed to be the most all-American guy he ever met until his friend commits a crazed act; ‘The Gent,’ concerning a man who succumbs to a seduction by his best friend’s daughter; and ‘The Night Boxing Ended,’ in which ringside heckling goes way out of bounds.” —Booklist “From poignant bildungsroman to sly satire, from wicked comedy to surrealistic farce, this virtuosic collection covers more than four decades’ worth of short stories . . . Friedman explores themes such as loneliness, aging, fear, parenthood and ethnicity, spinning tales in an expertly modulated voice.” —Publishers Weekly “Friedman [is] more interesting than most of Malamud, Roth, and Bellow . . . What makes him more important is that he writes out of the viscera instead of the cerebrum.” —Nelson Algren, The Nation “Pure delight.” —Newsday