The Stories of Mary Gordon Paperback by Mary Gordon

Product Details

• Publisher: Anchor (2007-11-06)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 480 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781400078080
• Item Weight: 343.04 grams
• Dimensions: 20.22 x 13.18 x 2.57 cm

The stories of Mary Gordon return us to the pleasure of this writer's craft and to her monumental talent as an observer of character and of the ever-fading American Dream. These pieces encompass the pre- and postwar Irish American family life she circles in the early Temporary Shelter series, as well as a wealth of new fiction that brings her contemporary characters into middle age; it is their turn to face bodily decline, mortality, and the more complex anxieties of modern life. With their powerful insights into how we make do, both socially and privately, these stories are a treasure of American fiction.

About the Author

Mary Gordon is the author of the novels Spending, The Company of Women, The Rest of Life, Final Payments,The Other Side, and Pearl, as well as the memoir The Shadow Man. She has received a Lila Wallace—Reader's Digest Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the 1997 O. Henry Award for best story. She teaches at Barnard College and lives in New York City.