The Old Man at the Railroad Crossing and Other Tales: Selected and Introduced by Aimee Bender by William Maxwell

The Old Man at the Railroad Crossing and Other Tales: Selected and Introduced by Aimee Bender

William Maxwell

192 pages first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
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In these tales, with one foot firmly planted in the present, Maxwell brings a certain sophisticated urbanity to the oral traditions of the fable and fairy tale. "The total effect is of something midway between the Brothers Grimm and Kafka, with pe...

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