Collected Stories - Hardcover

Williams, Tennessee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0436572141 ISBN 13: 9780436572142

Publisher: Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group), 1986

Synopsis

xxv 574p large format hardback, fresh dustjacket, in this copy the jacket has been taped to the cover

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

lliams 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 tr

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0436572141
• ISBN 13: 9780436572142
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 600