A Careless Widow and Other Stories (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: V. S. Pritchett
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: England
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1980’s, Poverty or poor people, England or English people, Lower classes, Photography or photographers, Widows or widowers, Sales personnel, Retirement
- Locales: England
A Careless Widow and Other Stories was published in the United States almost precisely on Sir Victor Pritchett’s eighty- ninth birthday. Pritchett’s first published story, “Rain in the Sierra,” appeared in 1926, meaning that he has been practicing this most difficult of genres for a period longer than many writers live. Graham Greene, four years Pritchett’s junior, is perhaps the only one of his contemporaries still actively writing. The fact that an author of Pritchett’s age is still producing stories is amazing enough; that the stories are lively, fresh, and genuinely...
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