| The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce Contributor(s): Bierce, Ambrose (Author), Hopkins, Ernest Jerome (Editor), Davidson, Cathy N. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0803260717 ISBN-13: 9780803260719 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1984 Annotation: Before he trailed off into the wilds of Mexico, never to be heard from again, Ambrose Bierce achieved a public persona as 'bitter Bierce' and 'the devil's lexicographer.' He left behind a nasty reputation and more than ninety short stories that are perfect expressions of his sardonic genius. Brought together in this volume, these stories represent an unprecedented accomplishment in American literature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 84008575 |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 5.3" W x 7.97" (1.17 lbs) 496 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Before he trailed off into the wilds of Mexico, never to be heard from again, Ambrose Bierce achieved a public persona as bitter Bierce and the devil's lexicographer. He left behind a nasty reputation and more than ninety short stories that are perfect expressions of his sardonic genius. Brought together in this volume, these stories represent an unprecedented accomplishment in American literature. In their iconoclasm and needle-sharp irony, their formal and thematic ingenuity and element of surprise, they differ markedly from the fiction admired in Bierce's time. Readers familiar with the classic An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge will want to turn to Bierce's other Civil War stories. Also included here are his horror stories, among them The Death of Halpin Frayser and The Damned Thing, and such tall tales as Oil of Dog and A Cargo of Cat. |