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This stunning collection of 28 stories brings readers a literary portrait of the American family from 1894 to today. A collection of works that captures the essence of American families from living together and apart to loving and letting go.Regret / Kate Chopin --The lombardy poplar / Mary Wilkins Freeman --The widow's might / Charlotte Perkins Gilman --Old Rogaum and his Theresa / Theodore Dreiser --The sorrows of gin / John Cheever --I stand here ironing / Tillie Olsen --Simple and Counsin F.D. Roosevelt Brown / Langston Hughes --The sky is gray / Ernest J. Gaines --My Coney Island uncle / Harvey Swados --My son the murderer / Bernard Malamud --Final dwarf / Henry Roth --And Sarah laughed / Joanne Greenberg --Wedding day / Roberta Silman --The legacy of Beau Kremel / Stephen Wolf --Kiswana Brown / Gloria Naylor --Tuesdays / Mary Hedin --Afloat / Ann Beattie --Winterblossom garden / David Low --Old things / Bobbie Ann Mason --Starlight / Marian Thurm --The writer in the family / E.L. Doctorow --The rich brother / Tobias Wolff --My legacy / Don Zacharia --Violation / Mary Gordon --Appropriate affect / Sue Miller --What I did for love / Lynne Sharon Schwartz --Still of some use / John Updike --Elephant / Raymond Carver
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Mentor Series: American Families, Bernard Malamud, Langston Hughes, Theodore Dreiser, John Updike, John Cheever, E. L. Doctorow, Raymond Carver, Henry Roth, Kate Chopin, Gloria Naylor, Tobias Wolff, Sue Miller, Mary Gordon, Barbara H. Solomon, Ann Beattie, Tillie Olsen, Hannah Green, Bobbie Ann Mason
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1989
- Bindwijze
- (Paperback)
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- Titel
- Mentor Series: American Families
- Ondertitel
- 28 Short Stories
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Bernard Malamud, Langston Hughes, Theodore Dreiser, John Updike, John Cheever, E. L. Doctorow, Raymond Carver, Henry Roth, Kate Chopin, Gloria Naylor, Tobias Wolff, Sue Miller, Mary Gordon, Barbara H. Solomon, Ann Beattie, Tillie Olsen, Hannah Green, Bobbie Ann Mason
- Uitgever
- Signet
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1989
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 425
- ISBN10
- 0451627369
- ISBN13
- 9780451627360
- Reeks
- Categorieën
- Tags
- Familie, Verenigde Staten
- Beoordeling
- 3,6 van 5
- Aantekening
- This stunning collection of 28 stories brings readers a literary portrait of the American family from 1894 to today. A collection of works that captures the essence of American families from living together and apart to loving and letting go.Regret / Kate Chopin --The lombardy poplar / Mary Wilkins Freeman --The widow's might / Charlotte Perkins Gilman --Old Rogaum and his Theresa / Theodore Dreiser --The sorrows of gin / John Cheever --I stand here ironing / Tillie Olsen --Simple and Counsin F.D. Roosevelt Brown / Langston Hughes --The sky is gray / Ernest J. Gaines --My Coney Island uncle / Harvey Swados --My son the murderer / Bernard Malamud --Final dwarf / Henry Roth --And Sarah laughed / Joanne Greenberg --Wedding day / Roberta Silman --The legacy of Beau Kremel / Stephen Wolf --Kiswana Brown / Gloria Naylor --Tuesdays / Mary Hedin --Afloat / Ann Beattie --Winterblossom garden / David Low --Old things / Bobbie Ann Mason --Starlight / Marian Thurm --The writer in the family / E.L. Doctorow --The rich brother / Tobias Wolff --My legacy / Don Zacharia --Violation / Mary Gordon --Appropriate affect / Sue Miller --What I did for love / Lynne Sharon Schwartz --Still of some use / John Updike --Elephant / Raymond Carver