The Circus in the Attic and Other Stories

by Robert Penn Warren

Book Overview

A collection of Penn Warren's best short fiction: two novelettes and twelve stories that skillfully handle a variety of themes and styles."Worth reading for their craftsmanship and variety" (Charles Poore, New York Times).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0156180022
• ISBN13: 9780156180023
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Warren

Penn Warren offers a unique glimpse of southern culture in the 1940's. This collection is comprehensive and leave you ready for other books.

Haunting, lovely, and memorable

I have been a fan of Warren's writing for many years. He is known for his novels, yet in many of those the most poignant and moving parts are the inserts, the chapters placed there to highlight the main story. Cass Mastern evokes so much, that it is impossible to imagine AKM without it. Warren achieves much the samee here...while not every story is a masterpiece, at least 2, The Circus in the Attic, and Blackberry Winter, will linger long in the memory. These are stories of a different era, slow, warm, evocative, suggestive and delightful.