James Alan Mcpherson

Hue and Cry (eBook, ePUB)

Stories

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The classic debut collection from Pulitzer Prize winner James Alan McPherson Hue and Cryis the remarkably mature and agile debut story collection from James Alan McPherson, one of America's most venerated andmost original writers. McPherson's characters -- gritty, authentic, and pristinely rendered -- give voice to unheard struggles along the dividing lines of race and poverty in subtle, fluid prose that bears no trace of sentimentality, agenda, or apology.

First published in 1968, this collection includes the Atlantic Prize-winning story "Gold Coast" (selected by John Updike for the collection Best American Short Stories of the Century). Now with a new preface by EdwardP. Jones, Hue and Cryintroduced America to McPherson's unforgettable, enduring vision, and distinctive artistry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ecco
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062909749
• Artikelnr.: 57058945

Autorenporträt

Pulitzer Prize winner and Guggenheim Fellow James Alan McPherson was born in Savannah, Georgia. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and holds an MFA from the University of Iowa. In a writing career that spans forty years, McPherson has been a contributor to many publications, including The Atlantic, Esquire, and Playboy, and was the editor of Double Take magazine. He is a professor of English at the University of Iowa. He died in 2016.