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Author:

Berry, Wendell, 1934-

Title:

A place in time : twenty stories of the Port William membership / Wendell Berry.

Publisher:

Counterpoint,

Copyright Date:

2013, c2012

Description:

237 pages : maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Port William (Ky. : Imaginary place)--Fiction.
Kentucky--Fiction.

Other Titles:

Short stories. Selections.

Contents:

The girl in the window (1864) -- Fly away, breath (1907) -- Down in the valley where the green grass grows (1930) -- Burley Coulter's fortunate fall (1934) -- A burden (1882, 1907, 1941) -- A desirable woman (1938/1941) -- Misery (1943) -- Andy Catlett : early education (1943) -- Drouth (1944) -- Stand by me (1921/1944) -- Not a tear (1945) -- The dark country (1948) -- A new day (1949) -- Mike (1939/1950) -- Who dreamt this dream? (1966) -- The requirement (1970) -- An empty jacket (1974) -- At home (1981) -- Sold (1991) -- A place in time (1938/2008).

Summary:

A collection of twenty short stories about Port William, a mythical town on the banks of the Kentucky River, populated over the years by a cast of unforgettable characters living in a single place over a long time.

ISBN:

1619021889 (trade pbk.)
9781619021884 (trade pbk.)

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)