Tennessee Williams: Collected Stories - Hardcover

Williams, Tennessee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0811209520 ISBN 13: 9780811209526

Publisher: New Directions, 1985

Synopsis

Introduction by Gore Vidal. Included contents of his four previously published short story books combined with unpublished or uncollected stories. Hardcover. Original jacket. Blue cloth. Light toning. Very Good/Very Good.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

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 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: New Directions
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0811209520
• ISBN 13: 9780811209526
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 574