Pale Horse, Pale Rider: The Selected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter

Pale Horse, Pale Rider: The Selected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Paperback Published on: 03/11/2011
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Synopsis

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 Pulitzer Prize-winning short fiction, including 'Pale Horse, Pale Rider', where a young woman lies in a fever during the influenza epidemic, her childhood memories mingling with fears for her fiancé on his way to war, and 'Noon Wine', a haunting story of tragedy and scandal on a small dairy farm in Texas. In all of the compelling stories collected here, harsh and tragic truths are expressed in prose both brilliantand precise.

  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780141195315
  • Number of pages: 384
  • Weight: 281g
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm

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Pale Horse, Pale Rider: The Selected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
Poor and dated
In comparison with Alice Munro and William Trevor this book is a great disappointment. Given that Katherine Mansfield was writing much better short storie... READ MORE
Clive Gray