The stories of Mary Gordon return us to the pleasure of this writer's craft and to her monumental talent as an observer of character and of the ever-fading American Dream. These pieces encompass the pre- and postwar Irish American family life she circles in the early Temporary Shelter series, as well as a wealth of new fiction that brings her contemporary characters into middle age; it is their turn to face bodily decline, mortality, and the more complex anxieties of modern life. With their powerful insights into how we make do, both socially and privately, these stories are a treasure of American fiction.
- ISBN10 0375423168
- ISBN13 9780375423161
- Publish Date 3 October 2006
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pantheon Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 457
- Language English