The Black Prince
And Other Stories
by Shirley Ann Grau
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Pub Date Sep 26 2017 | Archive Date Oct 26 2017
Description
National Book Award Finalist: A stunning collection of Southern short fiction by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Keepers of the House.
A family hides its poverty behind a façade of gentility. A mysterious stranger sows discord in a backwoods hamlet. A man leaves prison only to be drawn back into the darkness of his past. A young bride faces the choice of informing on her husband and his family or enduring a lifetime of deceit.
These nine stories by Pulitzer Prize winner Shirley Ann Grau traverse the landscape of the American South, from New Orleans to the Louisiana bayou to the pine woods of Alabama, but their true territory is universal: the mysteries of the human heart.
A dazzling portrait of the lovers and the criminals, the rich and the outcasts of the Deep South, these tales of passion, conflict, and destiny come from “a born writer if ever there was one . . . One reads these haunting, strikingly original stories with pleasure and excitement, enthralled by their power, amused by their melancholy irony” (The New York Times).
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Shirley Ann Grau, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.
Advance Praise
“Miss Grau writes with a technical craftsmanship that is dazzling. Her stories are truly stories, narratives about people involved in genuinely dramatic situations.” —The New York Times
“Extraordinary . . . [Grau] is a storyteller in the old magical sense of the word. . . . She has the additional endowments of warmth, compassion, perception, and humor.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A most remarkable book, in the best tradition of Chekhov and Katherine Mansfield.” —Carl Van Vechten
“What a joy it is for anybody interested in good writing to come upon a new talent as rich and provocative as Shirley Ann Grau’s.” —Bennett Cerf, Saturday Review
Praise for Shirley Ann Grau
“Shirley Ann Grau is one of those rare writers who creates a world, draws the reader into it, and makes [the reader] somehow happy there no matter what goes on.” —Newsweek
“[A] talented writer.” —Publishers Weekly
“A distinct and enjoyable voice.” —Kirkus Reviews
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781504047234 |
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