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Although he may be best known for his novels Mr. Bridge and Mrs. Bridge, or perhaps for his brilliant biography of Custer, Son of the Morning Star, Evan S. Connell is an undisputed master of the short story. His restraint, concision, and perfect pitch lend themselves beautifully to the form, and he intuitively senses when to explain and when to let silence stand in speech’s stead. Lost in Uttar Pradesh collects new work by Connell along with some of his earlier masterpieces. Memorable characters like the corpulent Mr. Bemis, Katia and her lion, and a wanderer back from Spain ring true not because their stories are filled with monumental events but because they center around seemingly insignificant events that somehow remain in the mind. Through Connell’s mastery, the most trivial happening, the voice that speaks only once, resonates far beyond the final page.
Lost in Uttar Pradesh New and Selected Stories
by Connell, Evan S.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-05-28
Publisher(s): Counterpoint
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Author Biography
Evan S. Connell was the author of eighteen books, including Francisco Goya, Deus Lo Volt!, Mrs. Bridge, and Son of the Morning Star. He received numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Pushcart Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship, and an award in literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He lived and worked in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Table of Contents
| Lion | p. 3 |
| Hooker | p. 10 |
| Nan Madol | p. 30 |
| Proctor Bemis | p. 48 |
| The Walls of Avila | p. 63 |
| Arcturus | p. 85 |
| The Land Where Lemon Trees Bloom | p. 119 |
| Caribbean Provedor | p. 131 |
| Octopus, the Sausalito Quarterly of New Writing, Art & Ideas | p. 144 |
| Election Eve | p. 153 |
| St. Augustine's Pigeon | p. 169 |
| Bowen | p. 205 |
| Assassin | p. 217 |
| Mrs. Proctor Bemis | p. 222 |
| Noah's Ark | p. 239 |
| Puig's Wife | p. 261 |
| Guadalcanal | p. 290 |
| Yellow Raft | p. 294 |
| The Cuban Missile Crisis | p. 298 |
| Ancient Musick | p. 304 |
| The Palace of the Moorish Kings | p. 319 |
| Lost in Uttar Pradesh | p. 338 |
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