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41) Writings
Author
Series
Library of America volume 91
Publisher
Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
42) Complete novels
Author
Series
Library of America volume 101
Publisher
Distributed to the trade in the USA by Penguin Putnam
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 97
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Early Novels and Stories. Go Tell It on the mountain, Giovsnni's Room, Another Country, Going to Meet the Man.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 102
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Penguin Putnam
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 103
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Penguin Putnam
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 117
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
49) Plays
Author
Series
Library of America volume 119-120
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 118
Publisher
Distributed to the trade in the USA by Penguin Putnam
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
51) Slave narratives
Series
Library of America volume 114
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
52) Complete novels
Author
Series
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
"In The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1940), one of the most extraordinary debuts in modern American literature, an enigmatic deaf-mute draws out the confessions of an itinerant worker, a young girl, a doctor, and a widowed cafe proprietor. The disfiguring violence of desire is explored with shocking intensity in two shorter works, Reflections in a Golden Eye (1941), a tale of murder and madness at an army base, and The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1943),...
Author
Series
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories includes "The Moon is Down," which details the transformation of ordinary life under Nazi rule in an unnamed Scandinavian country under German occupation, as well as "Cannery Row," "The Pearl," and "East of Eden.".
Author
Series
Library of America volume 130
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 134
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 147
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 157
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
A reader's edition of key writings by the acclaimed author includes the National Book Award-winning "Goodbye, Columbus" and the trenchant psychological portrait, "Letting Go."
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