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  • The Father

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    A masterful, multifaceted story collection from one of American literature's most influential writers and teachersAs a creative writing teacher whose students included Raymond Carver, Joy Williams, and Andre Dubus, and as longtime editor of The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, R. V. Cassill profoundly impacted the development of the short story in America. The ten stunning tales in The Father ... Leer más

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  • The Happy Marriage

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    Beautifully rendered and psychologically astute tales of life, family, and art from a true American master"The Sunday Painter," a surprisingly comic tale, is the account of an amateur artist whose obsession with distilling his work to its most basic form—light—leads to a mental breakdown. "The First Day of School" is a moving and intimately observed portrait of the courage summoned by an African ... Leer más

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    "The best novel I know of on the subject of writing, or on the condition of being a writer." —Richard YatesWidely recognized as R. V. Cassill's masterpiece, Clem Anderson is the story of an author whose astonishing talents are outmatched only by his capacity for self-destruction. Arrogant, untrustworthy, moody, and narcissistic, Clem is also a brilliant artist capable of astonishing feats of ... Leer más

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  • The Maples Stories

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