Communication Systems
Auteur : Simon S. Haykin
Date de publication : 1978
Éditeur : Wiley
Nombre de pages : 620
Résumé du livre
&“Alice Adams has an inimitable &‘voice&’&–quick, deft, brilliantly evocative and specific. There is always something special about a story of hers, like a watercolor perfectly executed.&” --Joyce Carol Oates
Award-winning writer Alice Adams, whose major themes were the varied lives of contemporary women and the hidden workings of human relationships is equally treasured for her short stories and her novels.
The stories collected here represent the full range of her career, which included 25 appearances inThe New Yorker, 6 O.Henry First Prizes out of a total of 23 appearances, as well as inclusion in numerousBest American Short Storiesanthologies. In story after story insight joins with grace to show us the truth about the lives of people around us.
Included: &“Verlie I Say Unto You,&” &“Beautiful Girl,&” &“The Swastika on the Door,&” &“Greyhound People,&” &“The Girl Across the Room,&” Truth or Consequences,&” &“Separate Planes,&” &“Your Doctor Loves You,&” &“Old Love Affairs,&” &“Earthquake Damage,&” and 43 other classic stories.