Tell Me a Riddle - Softcover

Olsen, Tillie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440385733 ISBN 13: 9780440385738

Publisher: Laurel Leaf, 1976

Synopsis

Four short stories set in the United States are concerned with the suffering and tragedy in human existence

About this title

From the Publisher:

This collection of four stories, "I Stand Here Ironing," "Hey Sailor, what Ship?," "O Yes," and "Tell me a Riddle," had become an American classic. Since the title novella won the O. Henry Award in 1961, the stories have been anthologized over a hundred times, made into three films, translated into thirteen languages, and - most important - once read, they abide in the hearts of their readers.

"These stories have the lyric intensity of an Emily Dickinson poem and the scope of a Balzac novel." -- from the judges' citation for the Rea Award for the Short Story

From the Inside Flap:

This collection of four stories, "I Stand Here Ironing," "Hey Sailor, what Ship?," "O Yes," and "Tell me a Riddle," had become an American classic.  Since the title novella won the O. Henry Award in 1961, the stories have been anthologized over a hundred times, made into three films, translated into thirteen languages, and - most important - once read, they abide in the hearts of their readers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Laurel Leaf
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0440385733
• ISBN 13: 9780440385738
• Binding: Paperback