V. S. Pritchett, Author Vintage Books USA $22 (0p) ISBN 978-0-679-73892-3
The 82 stories here cover the length and depth of the celebrated British author's career. (Dec.)
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V. S. Pritchett, Author Modern Library $23 (800p) ISBN 978-0-679-60244-6
Pritchett, who died this year, felt ""vain"" about being born in 1900, ""at every birthday thinking of myself as pretty well as old as the century."" This memorial omnibus edition (sensitively culled by his son, Oliver) includes essays and short...
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V. S. Pritchett, Author Random House (NY) $17.95 (235p) ISBN 978-0-394-54650-6
Critics have long noted that many of Chekhov's short stories have strong autobiographical elements. In ``My Life,'' for example, the son's revolt against corrupt, money-making respectability mirrors the Russian writer's own rebellion against a...
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V. S. Pritchett, Author North Point Press $19.95 (332p) ISBN 978-0-86547-385-0
Pritchett is justly admired as a remarkable short story writer and critic, but few readers think of him as a travel writer. Yet during the decade of the mid-'50s to mid-'60s he wrote superlative travel essays for Holiday magazine, and they are...
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V. S. Pritchett, Author Random House (NY) $16.95 (164p) ISBN 978-0-394-57612-1
A master of the short story form, British author Pritchett has been writing for so many years that it is small wonder that his work is regarded as classic. Without a wasted word, these six craftily constructed tales deflate pomposity, reveal greed,...
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V. S. Pritchett, Author, Jason Epstein, Editor Random House (NY) $35 (0p) ISBN 978-0-679-40215-2
To bring out Pritchett's 80-odd stories, written over more than 50 years, in one huge and handsome volume of 1200 pages is a magnificent gesture. For those unfamiliar with this side of the celebrated critic's work, his stories are remarkable: crisp,
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