A Curtain of Green

And Other Stories

Fiction & Literature, Short Stories
Cover of the book A Curtain of Green by Eudora Welty, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Eudora Welty ISBN: 9780547538501
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication: November 7, 1991
Imprint: Mariner Books Language: English
Author: Eudora Welty
ISBN: 9780547538501
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication: November 7, 1991
Imprint: Mariner Books
Language: English

The debut short fiction collection from the Pulitzer Prize–winning Southern author: “A fine writer and a distinguished book” (The New Yorker).

When A Curtain of Green was published, it immediately established an unknown young writer from Mississippi as a uniquely original literary voice and a great American author. In her now-famous introduction to the collection, Katherine Anne Porter wrote that “there is even in the smallest story a sense of power in reserve which makes me believe firmly that, splendid beginning that it is, it is only a beginning.”

In this collection are many of the stories that have become acknowledged masterpieces: the hilarious over-the-top family drama that drives a small-town resentful postmistress to explain “Why I Live at the P.O.”; the deeply satisfying thwarting of a trio of busybodies by a “feeble-minded” young woman in “Lily Daw and the Three Ladies”; the poignant pilgrimage of elderly Phoenix Jackson in “A Worn Path”; and the boldly experimental and jubilantly playful literary improvisation of “Powerhouse,” inspired by a performance Eudora Welty saw by Fats Waller.

Porter added that “[Welty] has simply an eye and an ear sharp, shrewd, and true as a tuning fork.” Like the jazz tunes Powerhouse bangs out on the piano, Welty’s stories remain as fresh, alive, and unpredictable today as when they first appeared.

“Miss Welty’s stories are deceptively simple. They are concerned with ordinary people, but what happens to them and the manner of the telling are far from ordinary.”—The New Yorker

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The debut short fiction collection from the Pulitzer Prize–winning Southern author: “A fine writer and a distinguished book” (The New Yorker).

When A Curtain of Green was published, it immediately established an unknown young writer from Mississippi as a uniquely original literary voice and a great American author. In her now-famous introduction to the collection, Katherine Anne Porter wrote that “there is even in the smallest story a sense of power in reserve which makes me believe firmly that, splendid beginning that it is, it is only a beginning.”

In this collection are many of the stories that have become acknowledged masterpieces: the hilarious over-the-top family drama that drives a small-town resentful postmistress to explain “Why I Live at the P.O.”; the deeply satisfying thwarting of a trio of busybodies by a “feeble-minded” young woman in “Lily Daw and the Three Ladies”; the poignant pilgrimage of elderly Phoenix Jackson in “A Worn Path”; and the boldly experimental and jubilantly playful literary improvisation of “Powerhouse,” inspired by a performance Eudora Welty saw by Fats Waller.

Porter added that “[Welty] has simply an eye and an ear sharp, shrewd, and true as a tuning fork.” Like the jazz tunes Powerhouse bangs out on the piano, Welty’s stories remain as fresh, alive, and unpredictable today as when they first appeared.

“Miss Welty’s stories are deceptively simple. They are concerned with ordinary people, but what happens to them and the manner of the telling are far from ordinary.”—The New Yorker

More books from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Cover of the book The Atlantic Ocean by Eudora Welty
Cover of the book Flying Cars by Eudora Welty
Cover of the book The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1944–1947 by Eudora Welty
Cover of the book The War in Georgia by Eudora Welty
Cover of the book Language Arts by Eudora Welty
Cover of the book CliffsNotes on Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front by Eudora Welty
Cover of the book George B. McClellan by Eudora Welty
Cover of the book Imperfections by Eudora Welty
Cover of the book The Pure Gold Baby by Eudora Welty
Cover of the book The Nixon Tapes: 1973 by Eudora Welty
Cover of the book The Hearth and Eagle by Eudora Welty
Cover of the book The Shapeshifters by Eudora Welty
Cover of the book Sex on Six Legs by Eudora Welty
Cover of the book Lectures on Don Quixote by Eudora Welty
Cover of the book The Rise and Fall of the Bible by Eudora Welty
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy