Ellen Gilchrist Collected Stories

by Gilchrist, Ellen

• ISBN13: 9780316193658
• ISBN10: 0316193658
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-05
• Publisher: Back Bay Books

Summary

Greeted with a torrent of excited praise, this collection brings together the bestand best-lovedwork by one of the finest storytellers in modern southern literature. The stories span Gilchrists entire career, from In the Land of Dreamy Dreams and the National Book Awardwinning Victory Over Japan to the recent, highly acclaimed Flights of Angels. Gilchrists recurring themes and characters make this book an ideal selection for reading groups.

Author Biography

Ellen Gilchrist is the author of seventeen works of fiction, including the story collection Victory Over Japan, which won the National Book Award, and, most recently, The Cabal and Other Stories and the forthcoming I, Rhoda Manning, Go Hunting with My Daddy and Other Stories

Table of Contents

From In the Land of Dreamy Dreams
The Famous Poll at Jody's Bar	p. 3
Revenge	p. 16
There's a Garden of Eden	p. 32
In the Land of Dreamy Dreams	p. 44
1944	p. 58
Summer, an Elegy	p. 63
From Victory Over Japan
Victory Over Japan	p. 80
Music	p. 92
Jade Buddhas, Red Bridges, Fruits of Love	p. 121
Miss Crystal's Maid Name Traceleen, She's Talking, She's Telling Everything She Knows	p. 141
Traceleen, She's Still Talking	p. 154
From Drunk With Love
Drunk With Love	p. 178
The Young Man	p. 198
Traceleen at Dawn	p. 207
Anna, Part 1	p. 222
From Light Can Be Both Wave and Particle
Some Blue Hills at Sundown	p. 239
The Starlight Express	p. 244
Light Can Be Both Wave and Particle	p. 267
Traceleen Turns East	p. 291
Mexico	p. 304
From The Age of Miracles
A Statue of Aphrodite	p. 369
Among the Mourners	p. 387
The Stucco House	p. 399
The Uninsured	p. 416
From The Courts of Love
Perhaps a Miracle	p. 426
Lunch at the Best Restaurant in the World	p. 434
You Must Change Your Life	p. 441
The Brown Cape	p. 468
Fort Smith	p. 495
From Flights of Angels
A Prologue	p. 505
A Tree to Be Desired	p. 507
Witness to the Crucifixion	p. 527
A Lady with Pearls	p. 537
The Southwest Experimental Fast Oxide Reactor	p. 542
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