John O'Hara: Stories (LOA #282) (Library of America John

John O'Hara: Stories (LOA #282) (Library of America John O'Hara Edition)

Writing with equal insight about New York City, Hollywood, andÂ the small-town Pennsylvania world where he grew up, JohnÂ Oâ€™Hara cultivated an unsentimental and often unsparing realism,Â aiming, he said, â€œto record the way people talked and thoughtÂ and felt . . . with complete honesty.â€ Praised by contemporariesÂ including Ernest Hemingway and Dorothy Parker, he wroteÂ about sex, drinking, and social class with a frankness ahead of itsÂ time. The fiction he published in The New Yorker (more than anyÂ other writer to this day) came to epitomize the kind of shortÂ story featured in that magazine, and his impeccable ear andÂ skillful dialogue have influenced later writers such as RaymondÂ Carver. Bringing together sixty stories written over fourÂ decadesâ€”the largest, most comprehensive collection of Oâ€™Haraâ€™sÂ stories ever publishedâ€”former New York Times Book ReviewÂ editor Charles McGrath presents a fresh and arresting newÂ perspective on one of American literatureâ€™s master storytellers.

LIBRARY OF AMERICAÂ is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nationâ€™s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, Americaâ€™s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Country USA
Brand Library of America
Manufacturer Library of America
Binding Hardcover
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2016-09-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781598534979

Country	USA
Brand	Library of America
Manufacturer	Library of America
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2016-09-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781598534979

John O'Hara: Stories (LOA #282) (Library of America John O'Hara Edition)