Katherine Anne Porter

Collection of short stories by Katherine Anne Porter featuring four stories not available elsewhere in book form.

Anthology of the distinguished American author's essays, biographical memoirs and poems on such diverse subjects as Thomas Hardy, marriage, the creative process and Dylan Thomas.

In 1933 on a German luxury liner sailing from Mexico to Germany, the separate but interlocking stories of the various passengers begins to unfold. Among the many passengers is a divorcee desperate for love and lost youth, a Spanish noblewoman being deported as a political prisoner, an aging alcoholic ballplayer, and a budding Nazi whose brutishness foreshadows the holocaust to come.

Granny Weatherall is a spunky old lady of eighty who bosses her doctor and her children. She seems so strong and in control. Yet she has never had the upper hand in her destiny. One morning, a flood of long-forgotten memories bring her to the realization that of all her accomplishments, she cannot console herself for the shame-filled day she was left standing at the altar. Still, her indomitable will to live and act independently infuses the last...

Bobby Deerfield: Bobby Deerfield is a world-renowned race car driver. When a colleague is killed in an explosive crash, Bobby's world is thrown into chaos, complicated by a beautiful woman who steals his heart. Baby, the rain must fall: A man is released from prison, but reuniting with his family is difficult due to his violent temper. The chase: The moral foundation of a small Texas town is torn apart in this explosive drama about power and greed. Ship...