All the Days and Nights : The Collected Stories - Softcover

William Maxwell

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9781860469350: All the Days and Nights : The Collected Stories

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1860469353 ISBN 13: 9781860469350

Publisher: Harvill/Panther, 2001

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"William Maxwell's tales, long and short, have the elusive ability to reveal us to ourselves" Erica Wagner, The Times. Spanning more than 50 years, the stories in this collection encompass the life's work of one of America's best-loved and most acclaimed writers. In setting the range from small town Illinois to the Upper East Side of Manhattan, these stories are distinguished by Maxwell's inimitable wisdom and kindness, his sense of the small details that make up a life, the nuances of joy and sadness that change its direction. Whether describing the reunion of two brothers who will never agree, the furniture of the apartment that becomes everything to a childless couple, the search for the perfect French meal or the life of a ne'er-do-well uncle, Maxwell's stories capture responses that are recognisable in us all. "However different their settings the sensibility remains constant. It is decorous, highly civilised and deeply thoughtful" Anthony Quinn, Observer. "All of them share the effect of a brilliant view - as though a window were opened on a contained and vivid scene...There is a rare clarity and economy here - along with that wise measured humanity" Penelope Lively, Spectator.

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From the American Book Award-winning author of Ancestors and Time Will Darken comes a masterful collection of stories, spanning more than 50 years--a tour of a world that engages readers entirely, and whose characters command the deepest loyalty and tenderness.

About the Author:

William Maxwell was the author of six novels and three short story collections. A New Yorker editor for 40 years, he helped to shape the prose and careers of John Updike, John Cheever, and Eudora Welty. His novel So Long, See You Tomorrow won the American Book Award, and he received the 1995 PEN/Malamud Award.

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