Women and Fiction: Stories By and About Women (Signet

Women and Fiction: Stories By and About Women (Signet Classics)

From Kate Chopinâ€™s turn-of-the-century Lousiana, to Gertrude Steinâ€™s war-time Paris, to Alice Walkerâ€™s modern-day America, here are twenty-six short stories by the finest women writers of the twentieth century. These well-known and well-loved authors people their stories with vibrant female characters, from all over the world and all walks of life. Separately, each of these stories bears the mark of a skilled writer. Together, they celebrate woman in her many rolesâ€”as daughter, mother, worker, wife, lover, sister, and friend. In Tillie Olsenâ€™s classic, â€œI Stand Here Ironing,â€ a single mother considers her success in raising a daughter. In Eudora Weltyâ€™s â€œThe Worn Path,â€ an African-American grandmother meets with grace the impudence of a young, white man. In Alice Munroâ€™s â€œThe Office,â€ a wife who has too many distractions to write at home rents a room in town, only to be constantly interrupted by her landlord. Superbly written, and at once poignant and ironic, these insightful stories capture the essence of being a womanâ€”in all its similarity, and all its diversity.
Country USA
Brand Signet
Manufacturer Signet
Binding Mass Market Paperback
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2002-02-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780451528278

Women and Fiction: Stories By and About Women (Signet Classics)