Ellen Gilchrist: Collected Stories
- ISBN-10
- 031609238X
- ISBN-13
- 9780316092388
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 576
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-12-19
- Publisher
- Hachette UK
- Author
- Ellen Gilchrist
Description
With the publication of 1983's The Annunciation, Ellen Gilchrist established herself as a teller of charming, bittersweet tales of the modern South. Since then, her works of fiction - sixteen in all - have built up a solid base of dedicated fans. With her uncanny insights into human character and the bittersweet complications of love, Ellen Gilchrist occupies a unique place in American fiction.
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