The Candles of Your Eyes, and Thirteen Other Stories

by James Purdy

Book Overview

"James Purdy is a marvel. His new collection of stories confirms the wacky elegance that has been Purdy's stock in the writing trade during a distinguished career that goes back to the middle '50s....... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555840663
• ISBN13: 9781555840662
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Classic Tales From a Master Storyteller

These stories will haunt you. James Purdy's stories are tight, compact and exacting in bringing his vision to light. Not a word is wasted. This is a slim but rich collection. From the opening tale "Some of These Days" to the bizarre narrative of "Lily's Party" to the heartbreaking "Summer Tidings," Purdy proves why his is a singular voice of the post WWII generation of writers. Gore Vidal has called him a genius. Dorothy Parker, Paul Bowles, Marianne Moore and Tennessee Williams have sung his praises. He is a high priest of the vernacular, a sorcerer of words, a weaver of tapestries comparable to the best writers in literature. That more people have not read him is a loss they will never know.