| Chicago Stories Contributor(s): Farrell, James T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252019814 ISBN-13: 9780252019814 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $18.86 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1998 Annotation: These stories, chosen from ten separately published collections of James T. Farrell's short fiction, offer remarkable insights into the lives of Irish Americans and other Chicagoans from 1910 to 1940. Farrell's stories offer a wonderful diversity of characters and experiences. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97-33896 |
| Series: Prairie State Books |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.01" W x 8.99" (0.96 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Illinois |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: These stories, chosen from ten separately published collections of James T. Farrell's short fiction, offer remarkable insights into the lives of Irish Americans and other Chicagoans from 1910 to 1940. They are gems of the short fiction genre, unique, pioneering, and accomplished. Farrell's stories offer a wonderful diversity of characters and experiences, from self-deluded, impoverished victims to portraits of the artist as a young Irish-American living on Chicago's South Side. Charles Fanning's introduction presents Farrell as one of the best Illinois writers of the first half of the century and his stories as among the best in realistic short fiction anywhere. |