num_pages: 353
description: In this collection of short fiction, one of the heralded masters of the form examines the lives of men and women in the 1930s and '40s South—a region and a time he knew at first-hand. Living in a well-ordered world that's beginning to lose its equilibrium, Taylor's fascinating characters struggle to come to terms with the constricting circumstances into which they were born. Delicately interweaving the joys and pains of these families, Peter Taylor goes beyond regionalism to the simple truths recognizable to people everywhere.Dean of menFirst heatReservationsThe other timesAt the drugstoreA spinster's taleThe fancy womanTheir lossesTwo pilgrimsWhat do you hear from 'em?A wife of NashvilleCookieVenus, Cupid, folly and time1939ThereThe electGuestsHeads of housesMrs. Billingsby's wineJe suis perduMiss Leonora when last seen
language: English
title: The Collected Stories of Peter Taylor
titlecomplete: The Collected Stories of Peter Taylor
genres: American, Fiction, Short Stories, Literature
ratings_count: 276
publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux