The Complete Stories

Winner of the National Book Award The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O'Connor's mo... (more)

Winner of the National Book Award The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O'Connor's monumental contribution to American fiction. There are thirty-one stories here in all, including twelve that do not appear in the only two story collections O'Connor put together in her short lifetime--"Everything That Rises Must Converge "and "A Good Man Is Hard to Find." O'Connor published her first story, "The Geranium," in 1946, while she was working on her master's degree at the University of Iowa. Arranged chronologically, this collection shows that her last story, "Judgement Day"--sent to her publisher shortly before her death--is a brilliantly rewritten and transfigured version of "The Geranium." Taken together, these stories reveal a lively, penetrating talent that has given us some of the most powerful and disturbing fiction of the twentieth century. Also included is an introduction by O'Connor's longtime editor and friend, Robert Giroux. (less)

Appearing for the first time in one collection, these stories are rich in language, powerful in imagery, and establish t... (more)

Appearing for the first time in one collection, these stories are rich in language, powerful in imagery, and establish themes that attest to Hurston's tremendous range. The collection maps Hurston's development and concerns as a writer, and provides an important glimpse into the mind and imagination of this African-American novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist. (less)

The only available collection that brings together all of Kafka's stories--those published during his lifetime and those... (more)

The only available collection that brings together all of Kafka's stories--those published during his lifetime and those released after his death by literary executor Max Brod. Foreword by John Updike. "An important book, valuable in itself and absolutely fascinating".--New York Times. (less)

From one of the greatest modern writers, these stories, gathered from the nine collections published during her lifetime... (more)

From one of the greatest modern writers, these stories, gathered from the nine collections published during her lifetime, follow an unbroken time line of success as a writer, from her adolescence to her death bed. (less)

"The Complete Stories announces its desire and its lie in the title; this is a book of shatter and loss. In his second c... (more)

"The Complete Stories announces its desire and its lie in the title; this is a book of shatter and loss. In his second collection, Noah Warren{u2015}previously selected by Carl Phillips for the Yale Series of Younger Poets{u2015}unravels histories both personal and public, picking apart their ugliness, beauty, and irreducible singularity. Clothed in broken forms, these poems of grieving and tentative joy ask finally how we can go forward with our own mottled pasts, into the futures we can{u2019}t predict but for which we must bear responsibility"--Back cover. (less)