| Youth and the Bright Medusa;With an Excerpt by H. L. Mencken Contributor(s): Cather, Willa (Author), Mencken, H. L. (Essay by) |
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ISBN: 1528716167 ISBN-13: 9781528716161 Publisher: Read & Co. Classics OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.57 lbs) 198 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Youth and the Bright Medusa" is a 1920 collection of short stories by Willa Cather. The stories include: "Coming, Aphrodite ", "The Diamond Mine", "A Gold Slipper", "Scandal", "Paul's Case", "A Wagner Matinee", "The Sculptor's Funeral", and "A Death in the Desert". A number of the stories were also published in an earlier collection entitled "The Troll Garden". A fantastic collection of assorted writing by a Pulitzer Prize winner highly recommended for short story lovers. Willa Sibert Cather (1873-1947) was an American writer famous for her novels related to frontier life on the Great Plains. Other notable works by this author include: "O Pioneers " (1913), "The Song of the Lark" (1915), and "My ntonia" (1918). This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with an excerpt from "Willa Cather - Written For The Borzoi, 1920" by H. L. Mencken. |