num_pages: 241
description: A beautiful collection of short stories that explores blacks and whites today, Elbow Room is alive with warmth and humor. Bold and very real, these twelve stories examine a world we all know but find difficult to define.Whether a story dashes the bravado of young street toughs or pierces through the self-deception of a failed preacher, challenges the audacity of a killer or explodes the jealousy of two lovers, James Alan McPherson has created an array of haunting images and memorable characters in an unsurpassed collection of honest, masterful fiction.
language: English
title: Elbow Room
titlecomplete: Elbow Room
genres: American, Classics, Adult, Race, Short Stories, African American, Short Story Collection, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 1717
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Scribner