In thirty-six stories, West rings changes in time and presents a startling sweep of personalities and moods. Her themes span the breadth of experience, from the bite of misery to the balm of delight. Her achievement, taken totally, is a spectrum of living-a haunting, rewarding experience.
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West, who died in 1984, was a prolific and varied writer of autobiography, poetry, operettas, essays, science fiction, screenplays, and novels. These 38 short stories, some of which have not been collected previously, are testament to an accomplished literary career. Here there is romance, suspense, Californian farceall exhibiting a good sense of story telling. Often the stories are slight amusementsa school janitor battles for the right to wear a suit styled like that of a problem student; a softball announcer calls the plays before they occurbut there are other, more serious pieces. "Home-Coming" recaptures the agonies of the "inmates" of a sanatorium in a style as moving as it is timely. A collection that exemplifies West's own words: "Fiction reveal truths that reality obscures." Peter Bricklebank, English Dept., City Coll., CUNY
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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West, who died in 1984, was a prolific and varied writer of autobiography, poetry, operettas, essays, science fiction, screenplays, and novels. These 38 short stories, some of which have not been collected previously, are testament to an accomplished literary career. Here there is romance, suspense, Californian farceall exhibiting a good sense of story telling. Often the stories are slight amusementsa school janitor battles for the right to wear a suit styled like that of a problem student; a softball announcer calls the plays before they occurbut there are other, more serious pieces. "Home-Coming" recaptures the agonies of the "inmates" of a sanatorium in a style as moving as it is timely. A collection that exemplifies West's own words: "Fiction reveal truths that reality obscures." Peter Bricklebank, English Dept., City Coll., CUNY
(Library Journal ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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THOUGH THE AIR in the vacation cottage was swooningly hot, the sea sent into the heat its occasional needle pricks of salt freshness, so that Melinda experienced that peculiar glancing, shifting awareness the shore gives. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Miss Chester, John Thomas, Persis Hughes, Captain Beaufort, Frissil Thompson, Jacob Suttle, Bill Hare, Uncle Doc, Calla Lily, Dallas Hindshaw, Gene French, Los Angeles, Yolo Indians, Santa Ana, Southern California, Belle Vista, Madame Rose, Emmor Aull, Baby of the Century, Bon Ton, Leonard Hobart, Professor Schuyler, Thomas Wolfe, Jerd Smith, Liberty School New!
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THOUGH THE AIR in the vacation cottage was swooningly hot, the sea sent into the heat its occasional needle pricks of salt freshness, so that Melinda experienced that peculiar glancing, shifting awareness the shore gives. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Miss Chester, John Thomas, Persis Hughes, Captain Beaufort, Frissil Thompson, Jacob Suttle, Bill Hare, Uncle Doc, Calla Lily, Dallas Hindshaw, Gene French, Los Angeles, Yolo Indians, Santa Ana, Southern California, Belle Vista, Madame Rose, Emmor Aull, Baby of the Century, Bon Ton, Leonard Hobart, Professor Schuyler, Thomas Wolfe, Jerd Smith, Liberty School New!
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- The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- To see the dream by Jessamyn West in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Cress Delahanty (Contemporary Classics by Women) by Jessamyn West in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe on page 67, and page 71
- Crimson ramblers of the world, farewell by Jessamyn West in Front Matter
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- The Massacre at Fall Creek by Jessamyn West in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West in Back Cover
- Hide And Seek: A Continuing Journey: A Continuing Journey by Jessamyn West in Front Matter
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