The Best Short Stories Of William Kittredge - Softcover

"Kittredge's stories--graceful, savvy, expansive, poignant, and sometimes even grave--tell us that it is our affections, not our courage or our toughness or our willingness to be unequivocal, that keeps us from one day to another. And that is a truth worth hearing. I only wish there were more of these stories." --Richard Ford

A master storyteller and esayist, Kittredge is best known for his unflinching vision of the hardscrabble landscape of the American West and the people who survive and die on it. His stories are stripped down, but bristle with life to offer a dusty, relentless terrain: the smell of freshly turned dirt; the blunt conversations about work that needs doing; and the rare, quiet moment of reflection that amounts to nothing less than poetry. This new volume represents the best of Kittredge's stories, available together in a handsome new edition.