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Overview

From the American Book Award-winning author of Ancestors and Time Will Darken comes a masterful collection of stories, spanning more than 50 years--a tour of a world that engages readers entirely, and whose characters command the deepest loyalty and tenderness.

In this collection of short fiction, written over a period of 53 years, Maxwell's particular territory is the heart. His style is deceptively simple yet it has, at all times, the power to reach the reader's deepest feelings.

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Overview

From the American Book Award-winning author of Ancestors and Time Will Darken comes a masterful collection of stories, spanning more than 50 years--a tour of a world that engages readers entirely, and whose characters command the deepest loyalty and tenderness.

In this collection of short fiction, written over a period of 53 years, Maxwell's particular territory is the heart. His style is deceptively simple yet it has, at all times, the power to reach the reader's deepest feelings.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly
For over six decades, Maxwell has scrupulously eschewed literary postures for a crystalline elegance almost unparalleled in contemporary American fiction. A New Yorker editor for 40 years and American Book Award recipient for his 1980 novel, So Long, See You Tomorrow, Maxwell has selected 23 short stories and 21 "improvisations" that he deems worth saving. All the tales from Over by the River and Other Stories (1977) and from Billie Dyer and Other Stories (1992) are included, as are 16 of the 29 improvisations originally published as The Old Man at the Railroad Crossing and Other Tales (1966). Three strong uncollected stories-"A Game of Chess," "The Lily-White Boys" and "What He Was Like"-as well as six new improvisations complete the group. Maxwell has always braided his family history into his storyteller's art, and the first section here draws much from his experiences as a boy in Lincoln, Ill. (where he was born in 1908), from time spent in France and from contemporary life in New York. In these stories, people frequently suffer under the misapprehension that they understand those around them, or even themselves, and are recurrently made restless by indefinable dreams or fears. The keys to deliverance are, invariably for Maxwell, compassion and love. The improvisations, which make up the second section, are ``spontaneous inventions'' created for special occasions, such as his wife's birthday, commemorated in the fine title piece. Many begin with "Once upon a time" and become linear, sometimes enigmatic fables for adults, illuminating issues of commitment, betrayal, death, personal responsibility and human kindness. This volume is conclusive evidence that Maxwell stands at the pinnacle of American letters. (Jan.)
Library Journal
In the preface to this collection of short fiction written over a period of 50 years, former New Yorker editor Maxwell (The Outermost Dreams: Essays and Reviews, LJ 4/15/89) tells of his youthful decision to go to sea to have something to write about, unaware that all the material he would ever need was right in front of him in the details of everyday life. A recurring theme in these wise, elegant stories is the difficulty of communication. In "A Game of Chess," two brothers trade backhanded compliments over dinner. In "The Value of Money," a grown-up son enjoys some quiet time with his father, knowing that every conceivable topic of conversation will lead to an argument. In "The Thistles in Sweden," a husband and wife find themselves able to say things to each other in French that they were incapable of saying in English. These deceptively simple and beautifully written stories resonate with meaning. Recommended for all fiction collections.-Edward B. St. John, Loyola Law Sch. Lib., Los Angelesmond

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780679761020
  • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 11/18/1995
  • Pages: 432
  • Sales rank: 861,340
  • Series: Vintage International Series
  • Product dimensions: 5.28 (w) x 7.93 (h) x 0.89 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface
Over by the River (1974) 3
The Trojan Women (1952) 41
The Pilgrimage (1953) 51
The Patterns of Love (1945) 59
What Every Boy Should Know (1954) 67
A Game of Chess (1965) 85
The French Scarecrow (1956) 105
Young Francis Whitehead (1939) 119
A Final Report (1963) 125
Haller's Second Home (1941) 137
The Gardens of Mont-Saint-Michel (1969) 153
The Value of Money (1964) 173
The Thistles in Sweden (1976) 191
The Poor Orphan Girl (1965) 209
The Lily-White Boys (1986) 215
Billie Dyer (1989) 221
Love (1983) 245
The Man in the Moon (1984) 249
With Reference to an Incident at a Bridge (1984) 265
My Father's Friends (1984) 271
The Front and the Back Parts of the House (1991) 281
The Holy Terror (1986) 301
What He Was like (1992) 309
A love story 315
The industrious tailor 319
The country where nobody ever grew old and died 327
The fisherman who had nobody to go out in his boat with him 331
The two women friends 335
The carpenter 341
The man who had no friends and didn't want any 345
A fable begotten of an echo of a line of verse by W. B. Yeats 351
The blue finch of Arabia 355
The sound of waves 361
The woman who never drew breath except to complain 365
The masks 369
The man who lost his father 373
The old woman whose house was beside a running stream 377
The pessimistic fortune-teller 383
The printing office 387
The lamplighter 393
The kingdom where straightfoward, logical thinking was admired over every other kind 397
The old man at the railroad crossing 405
A mean and spiteful toad 409
All the days and nights 413

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