The Best Short Stories of Frank Norris

FRANK NORRIS (1870-1902), best known for his classic novels McTEAGUE, THE OCTOPUS, & THE PIT, is universally recognized as one of the pioneering practitioners of literary naturalism in American letters. Though his achievements as a novelist have been much celebrated, his body of short stories has been almost entirely forgotten. THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF FRANK NORRIS provides the reader with a unique opportunity to rediscover Norris's short stories & includes three stories that were undeservedly left out of his three posthumously published short-story collections. Throughout his all-too-brief career, Norris used short fiction to experiment with style & subject matter, & worked in a variety of genres - parodies, adventure stories, Westerns, farces, picaresque tales. THE SHORT STORIES OF FRANK NORRIS is the first collection ever that brings together his finest & most important stories in one volume. His short stories demonstrate his prodigious & varied talents as a storyteller, revealing the remarkable breadth of his narrative voice, one which transcends his literary reputation as a "naturalist" & "muckraker." Includes introduction & bibliography. Available to trade via INGRAM, BAKER & TAYLOR, BRODART.