Collected Stories - Softcover

Williams, Tennessee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345335872 ISBN 13: 9780345335876

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1986

Synopsis

Tennessee Williams was famous for insisting he write every morning. Even during his darkest days, while mourning a lover, or abusing some substance -- and he abused most of them at one time or another -- he'd write. The stories in this volume, arranged chronologically, are from every period of his long life, and recreate the milieux Williams knew and chronicled so movingly -- from his gypsy youth in St. Louis and New Orleans to his days of celebrity in Hollywood and New York. Some are studies for his plays, and like them, their language can suddenly surprise you with a poetic image that shines like a jewel. This edition includes a useful publishing history for each of the fifty stories.
"One overpowering impression emerges from all these stories put together: Tennessee Williams knew more about the hidden life of far-flung America than any of us really suspected." -- Seymour Krim, Washington Post Book World
"By turns disturbing, moving, and funny; these stories help amplify Williams's tragic vision, for like the plays, they underline his preoccupation and insight into the conflicts of the human heart."
-- Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

About this title

About the Author:

Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) is the acclaimed author of many books of letters, short stories, poems, essays, and a large collection of plays, including The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Camino Real, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Orpheus Descending, The Night of the Iguana, and The Rose Tattoo.

From Library Journal:

Williams's modus operandi for developing his plays was initially to create them as short stories. This 1985 volume contains his original takes on such fine dramas as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , The Glass Menagerie , and others. Although the pieces became famous on stage, LJ 's reviewer found "the general reader will appreciate their wide variety as short stories" ( LJ 10/15/85). Essential for serious American literature/drama collections.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0345335872
• ISBN 13: 9780345335876
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 611