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Short Stories: Five Decades

by Irwin Shaw · 1978

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Featuring sixty-three stories spanning five decades, this superb collection-including "Girls in Their Summer Dresses," "Sailor Off the Bremen," and "The Eighty-Yard Run"-clearly illustrates why Shaw is considered one of America's finest short-story writers.

Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 784 pages
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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