Three Stories & Ten Poems

A modest beginning, but a powerful one. This early collection marks the debut of a voice that would reshape modern literature. Here, in three taut stories and ten spare, resonant poems, a young writer begins to find the form and force that would define a generation. The stories-spare and emotionally raw-speak of longing, misunderstanding, and the quiet tragedies of everyday life. A woman's yearning for love leads to devastation. A father's fall from grace casts a shadow over a boy's coming ...