Collected Stories
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Good. Very good copy.
Few writers of the twentieth century captured the textures of everyday English life with the precision and warmth of V. S. Pritchett, and Collected Stories stands as the definitive testament to his mastery of the short story form. Drawing from decades of work, this landmark volume gathers his finest tales — sharp, compassionate, and richly comic portraits of ordinary men and women navigating the quiet dramas of love, class, money, and loneliness in mid-century Britain. Pritchett's prose moves with the ease of a natural storyteller yet carries the weight of a keen social observer, chronicling the minor embarrassments and private triumphs that define a life. Celebrated by critics and fellow writers alike — including William Trevor and John Updike — as one of the greatest short story writers in the English language, his work rewards readers with a rare combination of wit and humanity. Collected Stories is an essential volume for anyone who believes that the short story, at its finest, can illuminate the whole of human experience in a single, perfectly rendered moment.
Author: V. S. Pritchett
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, Random House
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Good. Very good copy.
Few writers of the twentieth century captured the textures of everyday English life with the precision and warmth of V. S. Pritchett, and Collected Stories stands as the definitive testament to his mastery of the short story form. Drawing from decades of work, this landmark volume gathers his finest tales — sharp, compassionate, and richly comic portraits of ordinary men and women navigating the quiet dramas of love, class, money, and loneliness in mid-century Britain. Pritchett's prose moves with the ease of a natural storyteller yet carries the weight of a keen social observer, chronicling the minor embarrassments and private triumphs that define a life. Celebrated by critics and fellow writers alike — including William Trevor and John Updike — as one of the greatest short story writers in the English language, his work rewards readers with a rare combination of wit and humanity. Collected Stories is an essential volume for anyone who believes that the short story, at its finest, can illuminate the whole of human experience in a single, perfectly rendered moment.