In the Miro District

By Peter Taylor

Book Overview

In this magnificent collection of eight exquisite short stories: A Tennessee man ponders his sister's marriage -- and his parents' strange participation in its undoing. A country cousin staying with relative in Nashville becomes her own most severe -- and tragic -- critic. A writer discovers the true meaning of heroism in a visit to his elderly mother. And in the masterful title story, a teenage boy provokes his grandfather to a move neither could have expected.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345364058
• ISBN13: 9780345364050
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

the American Chekhov

Peter Taylor is one of the few writers who can stand toe to toe with Chekhov, and their work has a lot in common. Their characters are complex and full-blown. Their stories are subtle but stick in the mind and you may find yourself reinterpreting them long after you read them. But unlike Chekhov, Peter Taylor didn't publish a great deal -- a few books of short stories, a couple of short novels or novellas, some poems, a play or two. It's all so good that it's hard to pick a favorite, but this may be mine. This is real fiction for real adults.