Lost in Uttar Pradesh New and Selected Stories

by Connell, Evan S.

• ISBN13: 9781593761752
• ISBN10: 1593761759
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-28
• Publisher: Counterpoint

Summary

Evan S. Connell's restraint, concision, and perfect pitch lend themselves stunningly to the short story form. He intuitively senses when to explain and when to let silence stand in speech's stead. His characters—among them, a wanderer back from Spain, the corpulent Mr. Bemis, Katia and her lion—ring true not because the stories are filled with monumental events, but because they center around seemingly insignificant experiences that remain in the mind, imbued with a meaning ever difficult to define. Often we are left to float in their wake, ending in an ellipsis of sorts. Yet by Connell's mastery, even the voices that speak only once resonate beyond the final page.

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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