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The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter: A Collection

AUTHOR Porter, Katherine Anne
PUBLISHER Mariner Books Classics (09/19/1979)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter compiles three books of her short fiction into one National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning volume.From the gothic Old South to revolutionary Mexico, few writers have evoked such a multitude of worlds, both exterior and interior, as powerfully as Katherine Anne Porter. This collection gathers together the best of her award-winning short stories, including “Pale Horse, Pale Rider,” where a young woman lies in a fever during the 1918 influenza epidemic, her childhood memories mingling with fears for her boyfriend on his way to war, and “Noon Wine,” a haunting story of tragedy and scandal on a small dairy farm in Texas. This volume includes the collections Flowering Judas, Pale Horse, Pale Rider, and The Leaning Tower, as well as four stories not available elsewhere in book form.

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ISBN-13: 9780156188760
ISBN-10: 0156188767
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 512
Carton Quantity: 24
Product Dimensions: 5.34 x 1.21 x 7.99 inches
Weight: 1.04 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Price on Product, Ikids
Country of Origin: US
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Fiction | Classics
Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
Fiction | Literary
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.7
Point Value: 34
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Guided Reading Level: Not Applicable
Dewey Decimal: FIC
Library of Congress Control Number: 79010398
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The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter compiles three books of her short fiction into one National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning volume.From the gothic Old South to revolutionary Mexico, few writers have evoked such a multitude of worlds, both exterior and interior, as powerfully as Katherine Anne Porter. This collection gathers together the best of her award-winning short stories, including “Pale Horse, Pale Rider,” where a young woman lies in a fever during the 1918 influenza epidemic, her childhood memories mingling with fears for her boyfriend on his way to war, and “Noon Wine,” a haunting story of tragedy and scandal on a small dairy farm in Texas. This volume includes the collections Flowering Judas, Pale Horse, Pale Rider, and The Leaning Tower, as well as four stories not available elsewhere in book form.

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Author: Porter, Katherine Anne
Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) was the author of many volumes of short stories and the novel "Ship of Fools. Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, she is one of America's most distinguished women of letters.
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