{"product_id":"the-collected-stories-paperback-6","title":"The Collected Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeonard Michaels\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeonard Michaels was a master of the short story. His collections are among the most admired, influential, and exciting of the last half century. \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Stories \u003c\/i\u003ebrings them back into print, from the astonishing debut \u003ci\u003eGoing Places \u003c\/i\u003e(1969) to the uncollected last stories, unavailable since they appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThreepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePartisan Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt every stage in his career, Michaels produced taut, spare tales of sex, love, and other adult intimacies: gossip, argument, friendship, guilt, rage. A fearless writer--\"destructive, joyful, brilliant, purely creative,\" in the words of John Hawkes--Michaels probed his characters' motivations with brutal humor and startling frankness; his ear for the vernacular puts him in the company of Philip Roth, Grace Paley, and Bernard Malamud. Remarkable for its compression and cadences, his prose is nothing short of addictive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Collected Stories \u003c\/i\u003eis a landmark. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Leonard Michaels's stories stand alongside those of his best Jewish contemporaries -- Grace Paley and Philip Roth.\" -- Mona Simpson, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeonard Michaels\u003c\/b\u003e (1933-2003) is the author of five collections of stories and essays -- \u003ci\u003eGoing Places\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Would Have Saved Them If I Could\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShuffle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Girl with a Monkey\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTo Feel These Things -- \u003c\/i\u003eas well as two novels, \u003ci\u003eSylvia \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Men's Club\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47254997827833,"sku":"9780374531294","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NENkkqhZmf9780374531294_9071f4b8-d8cf-4469-96d8-4ce97095b34f.webp?v=1768717233","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-collected-stories-paperback-6","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}