The Collected Stories Of Katherine Anne Porter

The Collected Stories Of Katherine Anne Porter

Winner of a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize ? Includes ?Pale Horse, Pale Rider? set during the flu epidemic of 1918 From the gothic Old South to revolutionary Mexico, few writers have evoked such a multitude of worlds, both exterior and interior, as powerfully as Katherine Anne Porter. This collection gathers together the best of her award-winning short fiction, including ?Pale Horse, Pale Rider,? where a young woman lies in a fever during the influenza epidemic, her childhood memories mingling with fears for her boyfriend on his way to war, and ?Noon Wine,? a haunting story of tragedy and scandal on a small dairy farm in Texas. This volume includes the collectionsFlowering Judas,Pale Horse, Pale Rider, andThe Leaning Tower, as well as four stories not available elsewhere in book form.