A Very Pleasant Evening with Stevie Smith

by Stevie Smith

A great poet and novelist (Novel on Yellow Paper), Stevie Smith also wrote delightful short prose. And here, in A Very Pleasant Evening with Stevie Smith, is the very best of it: eight stories and four essays mixing throw-away charm and deadly sophistication. Her stories delight and surprise; her essays defend favorite subjects, such as cats and the suburbs. "Life in the suburbs is richer at the lower levels. At these levels people are not self-conscious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811212955
• ISBN13: 9780811212953
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 89 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 8.0"