Time: The Present

By Tess Slesinger

Book Overview

Short stories from the 1930s that remain as timely as the day they were written

Falling in love. Falling out of love. Getting a job. Losing a job. Being too young. Being too old. Tess Slesinger's short stories deal with themes as timely as the day they were written. Though an activist in radical politics, her foremost concern was always with the hopes, fears, foibles, and needs of individual men and women. Her gift for subtle observation and gentle satire make the stories in TIME: THE PRESENT richly pleasurable on first reading--and deeply rewarding to revisit.

With an introduction by Vivian Gornick and an afterward by Paula Rabinowitz

Fiction. Short Stories.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913861589
• ISBN13: 9781913861582
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Boiler House Press
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

One of My All-Time Favorites

I happened upon this collection of short stories while wandering the stacks of my college library during my freshman year at UW Eau Claire. In an attempt to avoid studying for final exams, I began browsing its pages and quickly fell in love with Slesinger's writing style. The title story hit all the right notes as I was nursing a broken heart at the time and was quite certain no one else had ever felt the same (ah, the drama of youth!). I purchased it a few years ago and it's one of those books I read annually without fail.

Great book!!

I'm really glad that I found this book because I have been searching for it for a long time. I bought it new and it arrived earlier than expected!! :)