Penguin Modern Stories 2

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Great Britian Penguin Books 1969Edition: 2ndDescription: 142p. 20cmsDDC classification:
  • 808.831 Upd/Pen
Summary: The second volume of our new quartely contains eight stories which illustrate the versatility of short stories being written today . From John Upike's acute, suspenseful "The Wait which has the fluency and dense characterization of a short novel , to the distillation of wit and irony, the blend of bawdy and lyrical in Emanuel Litvinoff's Life Class, each history creates its own vivid world. They are published here for the first time in this country.
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It includes introduction,

It includes bibliographical references. p.142-143

The second volume of our new quartely contains eight stories which illustrate the versatility of short stories being written today . From John Upike's acute, suspenseful "The Wait which has the fluency and dense characterization of a short novel , to the distillation of wit and irony, the blend of bawdy and lyrical in Emanuel Litvinoff's Life Class, each history creates its own vivid world. They are published here for the first time in this country.