Collected Stories - Tapa dura

This is the definitive collection of short stories by Saul Bellow. Abundant, precise, various, rich and exuberant, the stories display the stylistic and emotional brilliance which characterises this master of prose. Some stories recount the eventsof a single day, some are contained in a wider frame; each story is a characteristic combination of observation and a celebration of humanity. This volume contains a preface by Janis Bellow, an introduction by James Wood and, of course, stories. Itis essential reading.

One of the leading North American writers of his generation, Saul Bellow was born in Canada in 1915. His most recent novel, RAVELSTEIN has been published to widespread critical acclaim and a renewed appreciation of this great writer. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1976.