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Secrets & Surprises

By Beattie, Ann
Secrets & Surprises
These 15 stories by the author of Picturing Will garnered universal critical acclaim upon their first publication; today they seem even more powerful, and are read and studied as classics of the short story form. Spare and elegant, yet charged with feeling, they are masterly portraits of improvised lives.

Details

Authors: Beattie, Ann
Copyright: 1978
Format: Paperback
GTIN13: 9780679731931
ISBN10: 0679731938
Page Count: 320
Dimensions: 5.24x0.73x8.01
Publisher: Vintage
Jacket Notes: These fifteen stories by Ann Beattie garnered universal critical acclaim on their first publication, earning Beattie the reputation as the most celebrated new voice in American fiction. Today these stories -- "A Vintage Thunderbird; " "The Lawn Party," " La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans," to name a few -- seem even more powerful, and are read and studied as classics of the short-story form. Spare and elegant, yet charged with feeling and with the tension of things their characters cannot say, they are masterly portraits of improvised lives.

Strand Notes

This collection of fifteen stories garnered Beattie universal acclaim on their first publication (1978). Studied as classics of the short-story form (along with Raymond Carver's work), they are "spare and elegant, yet charged with feeling and with the tension of things their characters cannot say; they are masterly portraits of improvised lives." 307p.

Description

These fifteen stories by Ann Beattie garnered universal critical acclaim on their first publication, earning Beattie the reputation as the most celebrated new voice in American fiction. Today these stories -- "A Vintage Thunderbird;" "The Lawn Party, " " La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans," to name a few -- seem even more powerful, and are read and studied as classics of the short-story form. Spare and elegant, yet charged with feeling and with the tension of things their characters cannot say, they are masterly portraits of improvised lives.
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