On Being Told That Her Second Husband Has Taken His First Lover, and Other Stories
One need only read the first lines of Tess Slesinger's title story-or indeed any of her stories-to know that hers is a unique literary voice, one that rivets a reader's attention to the page from the very beginning and holds it to the very end. Hers is, one soon discovers, also a wholly feminine voice: compelling, filled with insight, acute at observation, sure of its tone, and everywhere discovering the reality behind human appearances and pretensions. This is a remarkable collection of short stories by a brilliant young writer who was cut off in her prime when she died of cancer in 1945. An intensely feminine book, in which bleakness, unemp…
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- ISBN: 978-0-929587-32-5
- EAN: 9780929587325
- Produktnummer: 9380471
- Verlag: Ivan R. Dee
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1990
- Seitenangabe: 408 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B12.7 cm x D2.3 cm 463 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 463
Über den Autor
Tess Slesinger (1905-1945) wrote most of her stories-and one novel, The Unpossessed-in the 1930s. She lived in New York and later moved to California where, with her husband, the producer and screenwriter Frank Davis, she wrote several screenplays.
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