Fifty StoriesNew Directions Publishing, 1992 - 648 Seiten Kay Boyle's Fifty Stories is an eloquent testament to the possibility of living and writing with passion and honor. In Paris in the twenties, in Austria before and after the Anschluss, in New York, in occupied Germany, in California, Boyle has been an inspiration both as an exquisite stylist and as a chronicler of the nuances of human experience. Now in her ninetieth year, Kay Boyle dares us, in this most comprehensive collection of her stories, to explore the themes that have preoccupied her for a lifetime: "the inviolate integrity of the human soul, the impact of external events on the most intimate of feelings, our fractured experience of love versus duty, self-respect versus hubris, social convention versus personal ethic...She is still unquestionably modern" (Ann Hornaday, The New York Times Book Review). Acclaimed novelist Louise Erdrich has provided a very personal appreciation of Boyle's power and grace. As she comments in the Introduction: "Kay is a citizen whose life and art are intertwined, one morally dependent on the other, both inexhaustible." |
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Episode in the Life of an Ancestor 17 Wedding Day 24 Rest Cure | 30 |
Ben 38 Kroy Wen 44 Black Boy 50 Friend of the Family 55 | 55 |
White as Snow 64 Keep Your Pity 73 Security 89 | 89 |
Dear Mr Walrus 95 Rondo at Carraroe | 112 |
Natives Dont Cry 119 Maiden Maiden 130 The White Horses | 166 |
Major Alshuster 181 How Bridies Girl Was Won 198 The Herring | 220 |
Major Engagement in Paris 239 Effigy of War 246 Diplomats | 294 |
Let There Be Honour 305 This They Took with Them 328 Their | 366 |
Hotel Behind the Lines 379 Summer Evening 396 The Criminal | 409 |
Fifes House 423 The Lovers of Gain 432 Army of Occupation 439 | 439 |
The Kill 471 A Disgrace to the Family 489 The Lost | 514 |
Adams Death 534 Aufwiedersehen Abend 547 A Puzzled Race | 568 |
The Canals of Mars 577 The Loneliest Man in the U S Army 587 | 587 |
Winter Night 596 Evening at Home 607 The Ballet of Central | 635 |
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