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Book

The collected stories

Call Number

  • FICTION THOM (CEN)

Publication Information

New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2023.

Physical Description

xvi, 379 pages ; 21 cm.

Uniform Title

Short stories

Notes

"First published in hardcover by New Directions in 1984 and as New Directions paperbook 626 in 1986. Reissued in a new format as New Directions paperbook 1580 in 2023"--Title page verso.

Contents

  • After the fair
  • The Tree
  • The True story
  • The Enemies
  • The Dress
  • The Visitor
  • The Vest
  • The Burning baby
  • The Orchards
  • The End of the river
  • The Lemon
  • The Horse's ha
  • The School for witches
  • The Mouse and the woman
  • A Prospect of the sea
  • The Holy six
  • Prologue to an adventure
  • The Map of love
  • In the direction of the beginning
  • An Adventure from a work in progress
  • Portrait of the artist as a young dog. The Peaches ; A Visit to Grandpa's ; Patricia, Edith, and Arnold ; The Fight ; Extraordinary little cough ; Just like little dogs ; Where Tawe flows ; Who do you wish was with us? ; Old Garbo ; One warm Saturday
  • Adventures in the skin trade. A Fine beginning ; Plenty of furniture ; Four lost souls
  • Quite early one morning
  • A Child's Christmas in Wales
  • Holiday memory
  • The Crumbs of one man's year
  • Return journey
  • The Followers
  • A Story
  • Appendix. Early stories. Brember ; Jarley's ; In the garden ; Gaspar, Melchoir, Balthasar.

Subjects

Added Authors

Leslie Norris