Selected Short Stories of John O'Hara (Modern Library Classics) - Softcover

O'Hara, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 081296697X ISBN 13: 9780812966978

Publisher: Modern Library, 2003

Synopsis

“John O’Hara’s fiction,” wrote Lionel Trilling, “is preeminent for its social verisimilitude.” Made famous by his bestselling novels, including BUtterfield 8 and Appointment in Samarra, O’Hara (1905–1970) also wrote some of the finest short fiction of the twentieth century.

First published by the Modern Library in 1956, Selected Short Stories of John O’Hara displays the author’s skills as a keen social observer, a refreshingly frank storyteller, and a writer with a brilliant ear for dialogue. “The stories in this volume,” writes Louis Begley in his new Introduction, “show the wide range of [O’Hara’s] interests and an ability to treat with a virtuoso’s ease characters and situations from any place on America’s geographic and social spectrum.”

About this title

From the Back Cover:

“Mr. O’Hara’s eyes and ears have been spared nothing.” —Dorothy Parker

About the Author:

Louis Begley is the author of a number of novels, including Schmidt Delivered, About Schmidt, and Wartime Lies. He lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Modern Library
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 081296697X
• ISBN 13: 9780812966978
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256