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The Collected Stories

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Richard Yates was acclaimed as one of the most powerful, compassionate and accomplished writers of America's post-war generation. Whether addressing the smothered desire of suburban housewives, the white-collar despair of Manhattan office workers or the heartbreak of a single mother with artistic pretensions, Yates ruthlessly examines the hopes and disappointments of ordinary people with empathy and humour.

Contents:

Doctor Jack-o'-Lantern --
The best of everything --
Jody rolled the bones --
No pain whatsoever --
A glutton for punishment --
A wrestler with sharks --
Fun with a stranger --
The B.A.R. man --
A really good jazz piano --
Out with the old --
Builders --
Oh, Joseph, I'm so tired --
A natural girl --
Trying out for the race --
Liars in love --
A compassionate leave --
Regards at home --
Saying goodbye to Sally --
The canal --
A clinical romance --
Bells in the morning --
Evening on the Cote d'Azur --
Thieves --
A private possession --
The comptroller and the wild wind --
A last fling, like --
A convalescent ego.

Language: English

Pages: 496

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Picador

Release: May 03, 2002

ISBN: 0312420811

ISBN 13: 9780312420819

The Collected Stories

0/5 ( ratings)

Richard Yates was acclaimed as one of the most powerful, compassionate and accomplished writers of America's post-war generation. Whether addressing the smothered desire of suburban housewives, the white-collar despair of Manhattan office workers or the heartbreak of a single mother with artistic pretensions, Yates ruthlessly examines the hopes and disappointments of ordinary people with empathy and humour.

Contents:

Doctor Jack-o'-Lantern --
The best of everything --
Jody rolled the bones --
No pain whatsoever --
A glutton for punishment --
A wrestler with sharks --
Fun with a stranger --
The B.A.R. man --
A really good jazz piano --
Out with the old --
Builders --
Oh, Joseph, I'm so tired --
A natural girl --
Trying out for the race --
Liars in love --
A compassionate leave --
Regards at home --
Saying goodbye to Sally --
The canal --
A clinical romance --
Bells in the morning --
Evening on the Cote d'Azur --
Thieves --
A private possession --
The comptroller and the wild wind --
A last fling, like --
A convalescent ego.

Language: English

Pages: 496

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Picador

Release: May 03, 2002

ISBN: 0312420811

ISBN 13: 9780312420819

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