Stanley Elkin

Mrs. Ted Bliss

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Published posthumously in 1995, Mrs. Ted Bliss tells the story of an eighty-two-year-old widow starting life anew after the death of her husband. As Dorothy Bliss learns to cope with the mundane rituals of life in a Florida retirement community, she inadvertently becomes involved with a drug kingpin trying to use her as a front for his operations. Combining a comic plot with a deep concern for character, Elkin ends his career with a vivid portrait of a woman overcoming loss, a woman who is both recognizable and as unique as Elkin's other famous characters.

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Lehmann, Chirs (Solist)

ISBN: 978-1-56478-322-6
EAN: 9781564783226
Produktnummer: 9698681
Verlag: Dalkey Archive Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Seitenangabe: 294 S.
Masse: H20.4 cm x B14.2 cm x D2.0 cm 331 g
Auflage: Dalkey Archive.
Gewicht: 331
Sonstiges: Ab 22 J.

Über den Autor

Stanley Elkin (1930-1995) was an award-winning author of novels, short stories, and essays. Born in the Bronx, Elkin received his BA and PhD from the University of Illinois and in 1960 became a professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis where he taught until his death. His critically acclaimed works include the National Book Critics Circle Award-winners George Mills (1982) and Mrs. Ted Bliss (1995), as well as the National Book Award finalists The Dick Gibson Show (1972), Searches and Seizures (1974), and The MacGuffin (1991). His book of novellas, Van Gogh's Room at Arles, was a finalist for the PEN Faulkner Award.