Elbow Room
by James Alan McPherson
- A Top 10 Book in the “Fiction Books from the 20th Century” Category
- Pulitzer Prize Finalist/Winner 1978
- A QBR 100 Essential Black Book
Publication Date: Oct 12, 1986
List Price: $7.99
Format: Mass Market Paperback, 288 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780449213575
Imprint: Fawcett
Publisher: Fawcett
Parent Company: Fawcett
Mass Market Paperback Description:
A beautiful collection of short stories that explores blacks and whites today, Elbow Room is alive with warmth and humor. Bold and very real, these twelve stories examine a world we all know but find difficult to define.
Whether a story dashes the bravado of young street toughs or pierces through the self-deception of a failed preacher, challenges the audacity of a killer or explodes the jealousy of two lovers, James Alan McPherson has created an array of haunting images and memorable characters in an unsurpassed collection of honest, masterful fiction.
A beautiful collection of short stories that explores blacks and whites today, Elbow Room is alive with warmth and humor. Bold and very real, these twelve stories examine a world we all know but find difficult to define.
Whether a story dashes the bravado of young street toughs or pierces through the self-deception of a failed preacher, challenges the audacity of a killer or explodes the jealousy of two lovers, James Alan McPherson has created an array of haunting images and memorable characters in an unsurpassed collection of honest, masterful fiction.
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