The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty · 1909–2001 · United States
Why it matters
Welty's complete short fiction gathers five decades of Mississippi lives told with wry, closely observed comedy that opens, again and again, onto grief and memory. It won the National Book Award in the paperback category in 1983.
At a glance
short story collection
Difficulty 4/10medium pace622 pagesIndividually accessible stories vary widely in tone and technique across five decades.
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