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New and Selected Stories
Counterpoint Press
June 2008
On Sale: May 28, 2008
384 pages
ISBN: 1593761759
EAN: 9781593761752
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Although he may be best known for his novels Mr. Bridge and
Mrs. Bridge, or perhaps for his brilliant biography of
Custer, Son of the Morning Star, Evan S. Connell is an
undisputed master of the short story. His restraint,
concision, and perfect pitch lend themselves beautifully to
the form, and he intuitively senses when to explain and
when to let silence stand in speech’s stead. Lost in Uttar
Pradesh collects new work by Connell along with some of his
earlier masterpieces. Memorable characters like the
corpulent Mr. Bemis, Katia and her lion, and a wanderer
back from Spain ring true not because their stories are
filled with monumental events but because they center
around seemingly insignificant events that somehow remain
in the mind. Through Connell’s mastery, the most trivial
happening, the voice that speaks only once, resonates far
beyond the final page.
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