Collected works : Norwood ; True grit ; The dog of the south ; Masters of Atlantis ; Gringos ; Stories & other writings
(2023)

Fiction

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Call Numbers:
FICTION/PORTIS,C

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Fiction FICTION/PORTIS,C Available

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PUBLISHED
[New York] : The Library of America, [2023]
DESCRIPTION

1096 pages ; 21 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781598537468, 1598537466, 9781598537468
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES

Norwood -- True grit -- The dog of the south -- Masters of Atlantis -- Gringos -- Collected stories -- Civil rights reporting -- Essays -- Memoir

"Charles Portis is now recognized as a singular American genius, a writer whose deadpan style, picaresque plots, and unforgettable characters have drawn a passionate following among readers and writers. 'His fiction,' Roy Blount Jr. has said, 'is the funniest I know.' Library of America now presents the definitive Portis collection, featuring all five of his novels -- Norwood (1966), True Grit (1968), The Dog of the South (1979), Masters of Atlantis (1985), and Gringos (1991) -- and his collected stories, including the imaginary travelogue 'Nights can turn cool in Viborra' and the haunting 'I don't talk service no more,' set in a psychiatric facility. A selection of Portis's nonfiction highlights his journalism from the civil rights movement, his coverage of the Nashville music scene in the 1960s, and the beguiling family memoir 'Combinations of Jacksons.'"

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