The Collected Stories of Peter Taylor
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ISBN10: 0374531846
ISBN13: 9780374531843
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560 Pages
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Described by Anne Tyler as "the undisputed master of the short story form," Peter Taylor imbued his stories with a powerful sense of the conflicts between the old rural society and the increasingly urbanized South. Ranging in subject from the story of the exposure of a respected doctor's infidelity by the family's longtime cook to the tale of elderly siblings whose party for young people exposes the town's class divisions, the stories often explore family dynamics within the larger society of the South.
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Praise for The Collected Stories of Peter Taylor
"[Taylor] comes as close as an American writer can to rivaling Chekhov."—The New York Times
"Taylor is a master of the short story form . . . [His is] an extraordinary gift, too often absent in contemporary fiction."—Gail Caldwell, The Boston Sunday Globe
"[Taylor] writes prose as clear as a fine pane of glass."—Time
"No one writing in English can do more with a short story . . . He is a master."—Geoffrey Wolff, Newsweek
"[Taylor] has achieved utter mastery in short fiction."—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World