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Mrs. Ted Bliss

Mrs. Ted Bliss - Paperback

by Stanley Elkin
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Availability:In StockContributor:Stanley Elkin, Chirs Lehmann (Introduction by)Series:American Literature (Dalkey Archive)Publish date:2002-04-01Pages:294
Language:EnglishPublisher:Dalkey Archive PressISBN-13:9781564783226ISBN-10:1564783227UPC:9781564783226Book Category:FictionSize:8.04 x 5.58 x 0.78 inchesWeight:0.7297Product ID:SCGNXHSQWJ

Published posthumously in 1995, Mrs. Ted Bliss tells the story of an eighty-two-year-old widow starting life anew after the death of her husband. As Dorothy Bliss learns to cope with the mundane rituals of life in a Florida retirement community, she inadvertently becomes involved with a drug kingpin trying to use her as a front for his operations. Combining a comic plot with a deep concern for character, Elkin ends his career with a vivid portrait of a woman overcoming loss, a woman who is both recognizable and as unique as Elkin's other famous characters.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Dalkey Archive PressISBN-13:9781564783226ISBN-10:1564783227UPC:9781564783226Book Category:FictionSize:8.04 x 5.58 x 0.78 inchesWeight:0.7297Product ID:SCGNXHSQWJ

Stanley Elkin (1930-1995) was an award-winning author of novels, short stories, and essays. Born in the Bronx, Elkin received his BA and PhD from the University of Illinois and in 1960 became a professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis where he taught until his death. His critically acclaimed works include the National Book Critics Circle Award-winners George Mills (1982) and Mrs. Ted Bliss (1995), as well as the National Book Award finalists The Dick Gibson Show (1972), Searches & Seizures (1974), and The MacGuffin (1991). His book of novellas, Van Gogh's Room at Arles, was a finalist for the PEN Faulkner Award.

Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press

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Stanley Elkin, Chirs Lehmann (Introduction by)

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Stanley Elkin

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