Ebook {Epub PDF} On the Edge of the Cliff: Short Stories by V.S. Pritchett by V.S. Pritchett

In On the Edge of the Cliff, Pritchett presents the potentiality of the human spirit for attrition through a character almost Learlike in the charm of his powerful yet somehow childlike intellect and the brute vigor of his aging body. Pritchett's work is always to scale; sometimes a story, like "Blind Love" or "On the Edge of the Cliff," expands to novella length; sometimes, as in "The Voice," it is a sketch unforgettably concluded in a few pages. As a body of work, Pritchett's stories can stand comparison with any others written in /5(8). Pritchett, V. S. On the Edge of the Cliff Short Stories. Softcover, New York: Random House, First Edition; First Printing. Very Good. Uncorrected Proofs. Letter from the publisher laid in. Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed. Circular damp stains on front cover. Lightly faded on spine and head edge of front cover.

As quoted in "V.S. Pritchett's Century" () by Martin Amis; later included in Visiting Mrs. Nabokov and Other Excursions () by Martin Amis, p. ; I found people were telling stories to themselves without knowing it. It seemed to me that people were living a sort of small sermon that they believed in, but at the same time it was a fairy. - Raiders of the CIVIL War: Untold Stories of Actions Behind the Lines PRITCHETT, V.S. - On the Edge of the Cliff: Short Stories PRITCHETT, V.S. - The Myth Makers: Literary Essays PROCOPIUS - The Secret History PROCTER, MAURICE - The Pub Crawler. Sunday, Novem r, 25, $-C boks To Make a Christmas Merrier '. By HOLMES ALEXANDER. U. Tribune Book Review Editor,. ' tW! amp; There are, of course, hundreds of new books.

In On the Edge of the Cliff, Pritchett presents the potentiality of the human spirit for attrition through a character almost Learlike in the charm of his powerful yet somehow childlike intellect and the brute vigor of his aging body. "On The Edge Of The Cliff" is about a man standing on the edge of the cliff of 'short story it is by Freak (not the real author). the reason why the man that was standing on the edge of the cliff was there because a boy died and he thinks it was his fault. Pritchett, V. S. On the Edge of the Cliff Short Stories. Softcover, New York: Random House, First Edition; First Printing. Very Good. Uncorrected Proofs. Letter.