Distortions
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Item #2200708
ISBN: 0385116594
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Pages toned. Jacket toned.
283 pp. "A collection of 19 short stories, many of which previously appeared in print, mostly in The New Yorker. The author's list of characters is diverse: a lifeguard who wants to "introspect," a suburban couple and a spaceman, a wife who stops talking to her husband but gets up in the middle of the night to mail letters to him. These people, so different on the surface, all lead lives distorted by dreams, devoid of passion, imagination and vitality. Ann Beattie's style--clipped, cool and concise--gives us cameo portraits of her characters, freezing them in time and space, accentuating the emptiness of their lives." Keywords: ANN BEATTIE DISTORTIONS AMERICAN LITERATURE SHORT STORIES
Price: $35.00