num_pages: 208
description: First published in 1939, these three short novels secured the author’s reputation as a master of short fiction.From the gothic Old South to revolutionary Mexico, few writers have evoked such a multitude of worlds, both exterior and interior, as powerfully as Katherine Anne Porter. This collection gathers together the best of her Pulitzer Prize-winning short fiction, including 'Pale Horse, Pale Rider', where a young woman lies in a fever during the influenza epidemic, her childhood memories mingling with fears for her fiancé on his way to war, and 'Noon Wine', a haunting story of tragedy and scandal on a small dairy farm in Texas. In all of the compelling stories collected here, harsh and tragic truths are expressed in prose both brilliant and precise.
language: English
title: Pale Horse, Pale Rider
titlecomplete: Pale Horse, Pale Rider (H B J MODERN CLASSIC)
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, The United States Of America, American, Novella, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Short Stories
ratings_count: 4306
places: Denver, Colorado
publisher: Mariner Books