The Egg and Other Stories
The stories in the present volume have been selected from `The Triumph of the Egg`, a rich collection of tales published in 1921, two years after the resounding success of Anderson`s masterpiece, `Winesburg, Ohio`. Embracing a naturalistic interpretationof American life, the stories burnished Anderson`s reputation as a major American writer. Recounted in a prose style based on colloquial speech and derived in part from the experimental writing of Gertrude Stein, the stories collected here embody some of Anderson`s characteristic themes: small-town environments, distrust of modern industrial society, and the typically American quest for self- and social improvement. Beneath their surface simplicity, the tales explore remarkable...
Издательство:
Dover
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
