Clouds and Eclipses: The Collected Short Stories Tapa blanda - 2006

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Celebrated for more than fifty years as a world-renowned novelist, essayist, and political figure and commentator, Gore Vidal is less known for the exquisitely crafted short fiction he wrote as a young man. Like the work of Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams, his stories have been overshadowed by the author's triumphs writing in other genres. Still, Vidal's short fiction offers us a portrait of the young artist in the 1940s and 1950s. His subtle and comic tales often center on adolescence and homosexual themes. In Three Stratagems, a middle-aged gay man encounters a male prostitute while vacationing in Key West. In The Zenner Trophy, the star athlete at an elite boys school is expelled for sexual relations with a classmate. These stories were gathered along with five others into a 1956 volume, A Thirsty Evil, and for decades were thought to comprise Vidal's complete short fiction.

NY : Carroll & Graf . 2006. vg-. Paperback. ISBN:9780786718108 x 166 pages; text unmarked, foxing to edges; 8.25" tall; light shelf wear to cover .

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New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2006. Trade Paperback. Like New. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. Howard Grossman (Cover Design); Robert O. Brown (Cover Photo); Maria E. Torres (Design). 166 pp. Flawless, fresh, sharp, tight copy with crisp pages and clean text.

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Da Capo Press, 2006-08-10. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!