{"product_id":"the-collected-stories-of-william-carlos-williams-introduction-by-sherwin-b-nuland","title":"The Collected Stories of William Carlos Williams \/ Introduction by Sherwin B. Nuland","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Directions, 1996. Trade pb. VG. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew Directions has long published poet William Carlos Williams’ entire body of short fiction as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Farmers’ Daughters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1961). This new edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Collected Stories of William Carlos Williams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e contains all fifty-two stories combining the early collections \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Knife of the Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1932), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLife Along the Passaic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1938) with the later collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMake Light of It\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1950) and the great long story, “The Farmers’ Daughters” (1956). When these stories first appeared, their vitality and immediacy shocked many readers, as did the blunt, idiosyncratic speech of Williams’ immigrant and working-class characters. But the passage of time has silenced the detractors, and what shines in the best of these stories is the unflinching honesty and deep humanity of Williams’ portraits, burnished by the seeming artlessness which only the greatest masters command.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46679059234982,"sku":null,"price":10.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/williamcarlos.webp?v=1758302029","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/the-collected-stories-of-william-carlos-williams-introduction-by-sherwin-b-nuland","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}