In the Miro District and Other Stories

By Peter Taylor

Book Overview

This collection of four prose and four intimately told verse stories was first published in 1977, and the following year Peter Taylor was given the Gold Medal Award for the short story by the American... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394410610
• ISBN13: 9780394410616
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

the American Chekhov

Peter Taylor is one of the few writers who can stand toe to toe with Chekhov, and their work has a lot in common. Their characters are complex and full-blown. Their stories are subtle but stick in the mind and you may find yourself reinterpreting them long after you read them. But unlike Chekhov, Peter Taylor didn't publish a great deal -- a few books of short stories, a couple of short novels or novellas, some poems, a play or two. It's all so good that it's hard to pick a favorite, but this may be mine. This is real fiction for real adults.