Stories of Motherhood (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics

Stories of Motherhood (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series)

Now joining Everymanâ€™s Libraryâ€”the most extensive and distinguished collectible library of the worldâ€™s greatest worksâ€”is an appealing new collection in a small Pocket Classics format, perfect for gift giving and reading pleasure.
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Stories of Motherhood gathers more than a century of literary celebrations of mothers of all ages. These short stories by a wide range of great writers illuminate the many facets of our most elemental human relationship, from birth to death and everything in between.
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Lydia Davis and Harold Brodkey explore dizzying encounters between young mothers and their newborn babies, while Colm TÃ³ibÃn and Lorrie Moore portray adult children grieving for their lost mothers. Ron Carlson probes the forging of a bond with an adopted infant, Barbara Kingsolver gives us a sparring mother-and-daughter pair whose overlapping pregnancies lead them to common ground, and Aimee Bender offers a loopy fable of maternal connection in which a woman gives birth to her own mother. Willa Cather, Ernest Gaines, and Louise Erdrich dramatize the strength and sacrifices of mothers in very different walks of life, while Anita Desai and Amy Tan chart the gulf of misunderstanding and cultural change that can divide mothers and their offspring in any time or placeâ€”and the ways love can sometimes find to cross it.
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These and such other masters of the short story as Sherwood Anderson, Hortense Calisher, and Alice Munro write memorably about mothersâ€”having, losing, leaving, and loving themâ€”in modes that range from lyrical to satirical, from heartbreaking to hilarious.
Country USA
Brand Everyman's Library
Manufacturer Everyman's Library
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 0307957799_used
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2012-04-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307957795

Country	USA
Brand	Everyman's Library
Manufacturer	Everyman's Library
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	0307957799_used
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2012-04-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307957795

Stories of Motherhood (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series)

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