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5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Tales From a Master Storyteller,
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This review is from: The Candles of Your Eyes And Thirteen Other Stories (Hardcover)
These stories will haunt you. James Purdy's stories are tight, compact and exacting in bringing his vision to light. Not a word is wasted. This is a slim but rich collection. From the opening tale "Some of These Days" to the bizarre narrative of "Lily's Party" to the heartbreaking "Summer Tidings," Purdy proves why his is a singular voice of the post WWII generation of writers. Gore Vidal has called him a genius. Dorothy Parker, Paul Bowles, Marianne Moore and Tennessee Williams have sung his praises. He is a high priest of the vernacular, a sorcerer of words, a weaver of tapestries comparable to the best writers in literature. That more people have not read him is a loss they will never know.
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The Candles of Your Eyes by James Purdy (Paperback - May 1991)
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