Lost in Uttar Pradesh: New and Selected Stories

by Evan S. Connell

Book Overview

Evan S. Connell's restraint, concision, and perfect pitch lend themselves stunningly to the short story form. He intuitively senses when to explain and when to let silence stand in speech's stead. His characters--among them, a wanderer back from Spain, the corpulent Mr. Bemis, Katia and her lion--ring true not because the stories are filled with monumental events, but because they center around seemingly insignificant experiences that remain in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593761759
• ISBN13: 9781593761752
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Superlative Art; deja vu

Evan Connell is, in my opinion, without peer among current American writers. This collection is masterful in all respects except one: too much of its contents were included in an earlier collection of his work. If you have been a faithful reader of everyting he has written, it is a disppointment to find so much repeated here. If you are new to his writing, by all means read this book.