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Lost in Uttar Pradesh
Counterpoint 2009; US$ 27.00Evan S. Connell's restraint, concision, and perfect pitch lend themselves stunningly to the short story form. He intuitively senses when to explain and when to let silence stand in speech's stead. His charactersamong them, a wanderer back from Spain, the corpulent Mr. Bemis, Katia and her lionring true not because the stories are filled... more...
Son of the Morning Star
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2011; US$ 17.99Custer's Last Stand is among the most enduring events in American history--more than one hundred years after the fact, books continue to be written and people continue to argue about even the most basic details surrounding the Little Bighorn. Evan S. Connell, whom Joyce Carol Oates has described as "one of our most interesting and intelligent American... more...
Mr. Bridge
Counterpoint 2005; US$ 15.95Walter Bridge is an ambitious lawyer who redoubles his efforts and time at the office whenever he senses that his family needs something, even when what they need is more of him and less of his money. Affluence, material assets, and comforts create a cocoon of community respectability that cloaks the void withinnot the skeleton in the closet... more...
Mrs Bridge
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; Not AvailableEvan S. Connell's Mrs Bridge is an extraordinary tragicomic portrayal of suburban life and one of the classic American novels of the twentieth century, influencing books such as Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections . This edition has an introduction by Joshua Ferris, author of Then We Came to the End and The Unnamed . Mrs Bridge, an unremarkable... more...
Notes from a Bottle Found on the Beach at Carmel
Counterpoint 2013; US$ 15.95Praise for Notes from a Bottle Found on the Beach at Carmel ?A unique tour de force? ? The New York Times Book Review ?One of the most remarkable books that I have read in a long time.? ?Kenneth Rexroth ?Mr. Connell?s NOTES are what one intelligent, sensitive artist has been able to salvage from all experience as testimony to the rather pathetic... more...
Mr Bridge
Penguin Books Ltd 2013; Not AvailableEvan S. Connell's Mr Bridge is a moving and darkly funny portrayal of a man who is outwardly successful but internally stunted by existential doubts, repressed sexual yearnings and deep-seated prejudices. Fans of Jonathan Franzen and Richard Yates will enjoy Connell's pitch-perfect portrayal of marriage and family life, and this new Penguin Classics... more...
Mrs. Bridge
Counterpoint 2010; US$ 14.95In Mrs. Bridge , Evan S. Connell, a consummate storyteller, artfully crafts a portrait using the finest of details in everyday events and confrontations. With a surgeon’s skill, Connell cuts away the middle-class security blanket of uniformity to expose the arrested development underneaththe entropy of time and relationships lead Mrs.... more...
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