| Description |
xi, 860 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Library of America ; 282 |
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Library of America ; 282.
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| Summary |
Writing with equal insight about New York City, Hollywood, and the small-town Pennsylvania world where he grew up, John O'Hara cultivated an unsentimental and often unsparing realism, aiming, he said, "to record the way people talked and thought and felt . . . with complete honesty." Praised by contemporaries including Ernest Hemingway and Dorothy Parker, he wrote about sex, drinking, and social class with a frankness ahead of its time. The fiction he published in The New Yorker (more than any other writer to this day) came to epitomize the kind of short story featured in that magazine, and his impeccable ear and skillful dialogue have influenced later writers such as Raymond Carver. Bringing together sixty stories written over four decades, [this is] the largest, most comprehensive collection of O'Hara's stories ever published. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page [833]-860) |
| Contents |
On his hands -- Early afternoon -- It must have been Spring -- Over the river and through the wood -- The doctor's son -- Price's always open -- Are we leaving tomorrow? -- The cold house -- Trouble in 1949 -- Do you like it here? -- Too young -- Bread alone -- The king of the desert -- Summer's day -- Graven image -- The next-to-last dance of the season -- The pretty daughters -- Common sense should tell you -- Ellie -- The moccasins -- A phase of life -- Time to go -- Encounter: 1943 -- The heart of Lee W. Lee -- The war -- The time element -- Family evening -- Requiescat -- Imagine kissing Pete -- Call me, call me -- Mrs. Stratton of Oak Knoll -- You can always tell Newark -- In the silence -- Winter dance -- Appearances -- Your fah neefah neeface -- Justice -- The lesson -- Pat Collins -- Agatha -- Exterior: with figure -- The flatted saxophone -- The man on the tractor -- At the window -- The answer depends -- Can I stay here? -- I spend my days in longing -- I can't thank you enough -- In the mist -- Afternoon waltz -- The assistant -- Fatimas and kisses -- Natica Jackson -- How old, how young -- The farmer -- We'll have fun -- The sun room -- A man to be trusted -- The journey to Mount Clemens -- Christmas poem. |
| Subject |
Short stories, American.
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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| Added Author |
McGrath, Charles, editor.
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| Added Title |
Short stories. Selections
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| ISBN |
9781598534979 (cloth) |
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1598534971 (cloth) |
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