| Wallace Stegner: Collected Stories Contributor(s): Stegner, Wallace (Author), Stegner, Lynn (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0143039792 ISBN-13: 9780143039792 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2006 Annotation: In a literary career spanning more than fifty years, Wallace Stegner created a remarkable record of the history and culture of twentieth-century America. Each of the thirty-one stories contained in this volume embody some of the best virtues and values to be found in contemporary fiction, demonstrating why the author is acclaimed as one of Americas master storytellers. BACKCOVER: Exemplary stories . . . The reader of Stegners writing is immediately reminded of an essential America . . . a distinct place, a unique people, a common history, and a shared heritage remembered as only Stegner can. "Los Angeles Times" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006041977 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (1.15 lbs) 576 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a literary career spanning more than fifty years, Wallace Stegner created a remarkable record of the history and culture of twentieth-century America. Each of the thirty-one stories contained in this volume embody some of the best virtues and values to be found in contemporary fiction, demonstrating why the author is acclaimed as one of America's master storytellers. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |