Moe's villa & other stories
By: James Purdy.
Edition: 1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Other titles: Moe's villa and other stories
Description: "Moe's Villa & Other Stories, James Purdy's first short story collection in over a decade, showcases twelve new stories; from highly crafted fairy tales about an opera diva whose mega-stardom is managed shrewdly by her talking cat to the little girl who runs off with a fire-breathing dragon to eat turtle soup; from a bizarre account of a desperate husband whose obsession over his wayward ex-wife leads to his fixation on a rare white dove to a visit to Moe's Villa, an antebellum mansion doubling as a gambling casino and safe harbor for lonely boys."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Kitty Blue --; title: Easy street --; title: Reaching Rose --; title: Gertrude's hand --; title: Entre Dos Luces --; title: Geraldine --; title: Bonnie --; title: No stranger to Luke --; title: A little variety, please --; title: The white blackbird --; title: Brawith --; title: Moe's villa.