The Tiger's Eye: New & Selected Stories

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The stories in this book have been selected from the six previous collections of short fiction, as well as from recent work, Gladys Swan has published in that genre over the past four decades. Although she also has published novels, poetry, and essays, she finds that she cannot do without the short story-"it is such a beautiful form. I love the challenges it presents in dealing with characters and situations that light upon the cusp of the moment and which must be handled with an eye to economy and unity of ...
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Overview

The stories in this book have been selected from the six previous collections of short fiction, as well as from recent work, Gladys Swan has published in that genre over the past four decades. Although she also has published novels, poetry, and essays, she finds that she cannot do without the short story-"it is such a beautiful form. I love the challenges it presents in dealing with characters and situations that light upon the cusp of the moment and which must be handled with an eye to economy and unity of effect."
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This volume encompasses selections from four decades' worth of short stories by fiction writer, poet, and essayist Swan (A Garden amid Fires; Carnival for the Gods). She is also a visual artist, and many of these stories unsurprisingly feature other artists, often stalled in their careers, such as the painter hired by a gallery owner in a resort town to produce 12 replicas of a bad still life (because it sells!). These stories also reflect upon the mysteries of artistic inspiration, the ways in which images precede ideas, and how unexpected juxtapositions of people, places, and events—an exiled Albanian houseguest, a Lorca poem, a trip to the bullfights—can open up the imagination. Swan is drawn to characters who are visionaries of a sort, who carry on conversations with a tiger in the zoo or are propelled on exotic journeys by means of a porch swing. These characters, cracked as they may be, awaken others to the possibility of art in their own lives. VERDICT Readers drawn to the short story as an art form will be happy to get to know Swan's work through this generous collection.—Sue Russell, Bryn Mawr, PALAST-MINUTE Mystery
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780982692189
  • Publisher: Serving House Books
  • Publication date: 7/28/2011
  • Pages: 374
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.83 (d)

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