News from the World: Stories & Essays

by Paula Fox

Book Overview

This complete gathering of Paula Fox's short works spans forty-five illustrious years of her career, from 1965 to 2010. There are perfectly turned stories (two of which--"Grace" and "The Broad Estates of Death"--won the O. Henry Prize) in which characters unexpectedly find themselves at a crossroads and struggle to connect with others. There is memoir--a genre where Fox's honesty, grace, and perception set her apart--in which Fox revisits childhood...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393081281
• ISBN13: 9780393081282
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"