| My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead Contributor(s): Eugenides, Jeffrey (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061240389 ISBN-13: 9780061240386 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: From classics such as Chekhov's The Lady with the Lapdog to such modern fare as Richard Ford's Fireworks, this anthology of great love stories captures the desire, obsession, power, and spirit of the emotion that drives and transforms lives. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Fiction | Romance - Contemporary - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: P.S. |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 5.34" W x 8.04" (1.06 lbs) 608 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Beautifully crafted . . . eclectic and original . . . this collection makes us remember how powerful and essential the best short stories are." --Francine Prose, O magazine My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead is a literary masterpiece of amorous tales selected by Pulitzer Prize-winner Jeffrey Eugenides. From classics such as Chekhov's "The Lady with the Lapdog" to such modern fare as Richard Ford's "Fireworks," these outstanding works capture the desire, obsession, power, and spirit of the emotion that drives and transforms our lives. Writers featured include: William Faulkner - James Joyce - Alice Munro - Milan Kundera - Grace Paley - Lorrie Moore - Eudora Welty - Denis Johnson - Vladimir Nabokov - Miranda July - Raymond Carver - George Saunders - Annie Proulx - And many, many more. |
Contributor Bio(s): Eugenides, Jeffrey: - Jeffrey Eugenides was born in Detroit and attended Brown and Stanford Universities. His first novel, The Virgin Suicides, was published to great acclaim in 1993 and was made into a film directed by Sofia Coppola. His second novel, Middlesex, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. |