Women with Men (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Ford
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Two novellas and one long story
- Genres: Short fiction, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: Adolescence, Murder or homicide, Self, Middle classes, Marriage, Paris, Adultery, Middle age, Dating
- Locales: Paris, France, Montana
Although referred to in its subtitle as stories, Women with Men is in fact a collection of two novellas and one long story. That Ford refers to the works as stories is significant, for he has shown interest in the long story as a separate genre of literature.
The first novella in this volume, The Womanizer, belongs in the long tradition of “Americans in Paris” literature produced by numerous fiction writers in the nineteenth century and the 1920's. It is ironically named, since the protagonist, Martin Austin, has been “temporarily distracted” by some women...
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