Three Players Of A Summer Game And Other Stories
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A masterwork of American short fiction, Three Players of a Summer Game and Other Stories showcases Tennessee Williams at his most intimate and psychologically acute. The collection gathers some of his finest prose, presenting a gallery of fragile, tormented souls navigating desire, memory, and disillusionment across the American South. With the same poetic intensity that electrified his stage plays, Williams chronicles lives on the edge of collapse — men and women undone by longing, pride, and the passage of time. The title story itself uncovers the quiet devastation of a man's surrender to weakness, rendered through Williams's signature blend of lush sensory detail and compassionate irony. This anthology stands as essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the full breadth of one of the twentieth century's most vital literary voices.
Author: Tennessee Williams
Format: Paperback
Published: 1965, Penguin Books
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A masterwork of American short fiction, Three Players of a Summer Game and Other Stories showcases Tennessee Williams at his most intimate and psychologically acute. The collection gathers some of his finest prose, presenting a gallery of fragile, tormented souls navigating desire, memory, and disillusionment across the American South. With the same poetic intensity that electrified his stage plays, Williams chronicles lives on the edge of collapse — men and women undone by longing, pride, and the passage of time. The title story itself uncovers the quiet devastation of a man's surrender to weakness, rendered through Williams's signature blend of lush sensory detail and compassionate irony. This anthology stands as essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the full breadth of one of the twentieth century's most vital literary voices.