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The Old Man at the Railroad Crossing and Other Tales: Selected and Introduced by Aimee Bender

The Old Man at the Railroad Crossing and Other Tales: Selected and Introduced by Aimee Bender - Paperback

by William Maxwell
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Availability:In StockContributor:William Maxwell, Aimee Bender (Introduction by)Publish date:5/17/2016Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Counterpoint LLCISBN-13:9781940436326ISBN-10:194043632XUPC:9781940436326Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Short Stories (single author), Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & MythologySize:8.20 x 5.50 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC42QQFZ3X
In these tales, with one foot firmly planted in the present, Maxwell brings a certain sophisticated urbanity to the oral traditions of the fable and fairy tale. "The total effect is of something midway between the Brothers Grimm and Kafka, with perhaps a touch of Zen." (NYRB April 1966) While modern enough in locale and context, they are as old as humanity itself in what concerns them. And always that voice, the age old voice of the storyteller, the eternal magic of the speaking human voice. Such simplicity takes true artistry and Maxwell has that in spades.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Counterpoint LLCISBN-13:9781940436326ISBN-10:194043632XUPC:9781940436326Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Short Stories (single author), Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & MythologySize:8.20 x 5.50 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC42QQFZ3X
William Keepers Maxwell Jr. was an American editor, novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's author, and memoirist. He served as a fiction editor at The New Yorker from 1936 to 1975.
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC

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William Maxwell, Aimee Bender (Introduction by)

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