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News from the world : stories and essays / Paula Fox.

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New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011.

American essays.

Short stories, American.

9780393081282 (hbk.)

0393081281 (hbk.)

216 p. ; 22 cm.

Cigarette -- Clem -- Light on the dark side -- The tender night -- Frieda in Taos -- Franchot Tone at the Paramount -- Way down yonder -- The broad estates of death -- Grace -- The stop of truth -- Unquestioned answers -- Other places -- By the sea -- News from the world -- Sitting down and alone -- The living -- Lord Randal.

A collection of stories, essays, and autobiographical pieces.

This complete gathering of Paula Fox's short works spans forty-five illustrious years of her career, from 1965 to 2010. There are perfectly turned stories (two of which--"Grace" and "The Broad Estates of Death"--won the O. Henry Prize) in which characters unexpectedly find themselves at a crossroads and struggle to connect with others. There is memoir--a genre where Fox's honesty, grace, and perception set her apart--in which Fox revisits childhood ideas about art and reality, life in New York in the 1960s, and her relationship with her husband's family. And there are essays--pointed, funny, relentlessly persuasive pieces on such topics as censorship and the corruption of language. Enlivened by Fox's signature wit and electrified by her unsparing insights into human nature, News from the World is essential for Fox's loyal readers and perfect to introduce those who are meeting her for the first time.--Publisher description.

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