Certain Things Last: The Selected Short Stories of Sherwood Anderson
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Until now there has never been a selection of Anderson's best short fiction. Certain Things Last is the first one-volume edition of Anderson's stories. But what makes this book truly remarkable is that five of Anderson's very best stories appear in print here for the first time. They are: "Certain Things Last", "Fred", "The Red Dog", "Mrs. Wife", and "The Masterpiece". The discovery of these new stories makes Certain Things Last an unprecedented publishing event. The short story, not the novel or autobiography, was the form in which Sherwood Anderson excelled. And the American short story probably owes more to Sherwood Anderson than to any other American writer. It was Anderson who wrested short fiction from the upbeat conventionality of the popular magazines of the 1920s and '30s and molded it to express the isolation of individual people. Certain Things Last contains 30 stories in all, chosen from previously unpublished manuscripts and from Anderson's three story volumes, The Triumph of the Egg, Horses and Men, and Death in the Woods. Numerous stories have been meticulously restored to Anderson's original version by Professor Modlin.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1568580223
ISBN13:9781568580227
Release Date:January 1995
Publisher:Four Walls Eight Windows
Length:388 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 5.5" x 8.2"
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Anthologies Classics Contemporary Fiction Literary Literature & Fiction Short StoriesCustomer Reviews
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A great selection of Anderson's best work
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
I find that Andersons best work has been put into this book, and if you decide to purchase any of his books, this is the one to get. It has a great introduction and kept me glued to it until the last moments
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