The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg: Stories - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9780312429898

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by Deborah Eisenberg (Author)

The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg contains twenty-seven short stories by "a contemporary master" (New York Times).

Since 1986 with the publication of her first story collection, Deborah Eisenberg has devoted herself to writing "exquisitely distilled stories" which "present an unusually distinctive portrait of contemporary American life" to quote the MacArthur Foundation. This one volume brings together Transactions in a Foreign Currency (1986), Under the 82nd Airborne (1992), All Around Atlantis (1997) and Twilight of the Superheroes (2006).

"One of America's finest writers."--San Francisco Chronicle
"Concentrated bursts of perfection."--The Times (London)

Author Biography

Deborah Eisenberg is the author of the collections of stories Transactions in a Foreign Currency, Under the 82nd Airborne, All Around Atlantis, and Twilight of the Superheroes. She is the recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant, a Whiting Writers' Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She has taught at the University of Virginia and Columbia University.

Number of Pages: 992

Dimensions: 1.78 x 8.15 x 5.67 IN

Publication Date: March 30, 2010

Award: PEN/Faulkner Award (2011)

Award: Ambassador Book Awards (2011)

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