The Selected Stories of Richard Bausch,9780679640172

The Selected Stories of Richard Bausch

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ISBN13: 9780679640172
ISBN10: 0679640177
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-04-23
Publisher(s): Modern Library
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Summary

Richard Bausch is a master of the short story--and this selection brings together ten pieces which perfectly showcase his incisive wit, perception, and artistry. "He brings to life characters and situations as vivid and compelling as any in contemporary literature."--Michael Dorris, The Washington Post Book World. From the Hardcover edition.

Author Biography

Richard Bausch is the author of twelve novels and eight volumes of short stories. He is a recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Award, and the Literature Award from the Academy of Arts and Letters. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Esquire, Playboy, GQ, Harper's Magazine, and other publications, and has been featured in numerous best-of collections, including The O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Short Stories, and New Stories from the South. He is a graduate of Iowa's MFA program and is currently a professor of English at Chapman University in Orange, California.

Table of Contents

The Man Who Knew Belle Starr
3(30)
Police Dreams
33(23)
What Feels Like the World
56(22)
Design
78(21)
The Eyes of Love
99(17)
The Fireman's Wife
116(32)
Consolation
148(19)
Letter to the Lady of the House
167(13)
Aren't You Happy for Me?
180(19)
High-Heeled Shoe
199

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