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The New York stories / John O'Hara ; edited with an introduction by Steven Goldleaf ; foreword by E. L. Doctorow.
- Title
- The New York stories / John O'Hara ; edited with an introduction by Steven Goldleaf ; foreword by E. L. Doctorow.
- Author
- O'Hara, John, 1905-1970
- Publication
- New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2013.
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- Description
- xxv, 371 pages; 20 cm.
- Summary
- Collected for the first time, the New York stories of John O'Hara, "among the greatest short story writers in English, or in any other language" (Brendan Gill, Here at The New Yorker) Collected for the first time, here are the New York stories of one of the twentieth century's definitive chroniclers of the city'the speakeasies and highballs, social climbers and cinema stars, mistresses and powerbrokers, unsparingly observed by a popular American master of realism. Spanning his four-decade career, these more than thirty refreshingly frank, sparely written stories are among John O'Hara's finest work, exploring the materialist aspirations and sexual exploits of flawed, prodigally human characters and showcasing the snappy dialogue, telling details and ironic narrative twists that made him the most-published short story writer in the history of the New Yorker.
- Series Statement
- Penguin classics
- Uniform Title
- Short stories. Selections
- Alternative Title
- Short stories.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Fiction
- Fiction.
- Short stories
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Agatha -- The assistant -- At the Cothurnos Club -- The brain -- Bread alone -- Call me, call me -- Can I stay here? -- Ellie -- Encounter: 1943 -- Family evening -- First day in town -- Frankie -- Good-bye, Herman -- Harrington and Whitehill -- It's mental work -- John Barton Rosedale, actor's actor -- Late, late show -- Memorial fund -- The nothing machine -- A phase of life -- Pleasure -- Portistan on the portis -- The portly gentleman -- The private people -- The public career of Mr. Seymour Harrisburg -- Sportsmanship -- The sun-dodgers -- The tackle -- The weakling -- We're friends again -- The women of Madison Avenue -- Your fah neefah neeface.
- ISBN
- 9780143107095 (pbk.)
- 0143107097 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2013013890
- OCLC
- 837144046
- SCSB-12752939
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library