Mrs. Ted Bliss by Elkin, Stanley

Mrs. Ted Bliss (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781564783226)

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Format: Paperback
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Mrs. Ted Bliss by Elkin, Stanley

Mrs. Ted Bliss

$14.95
Mrs. Ted Bliss by Elkin, Stanley

Mrs. Ted Bliss

$14.95
Format: Paperback
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Published posthumously in 1995, Mrs. Ted Bliss tells the story of an eighty-two-year-old widow starting life anew after the death of her husband. As Dorothy Bliss learns to cope with the mundane rituals of life in a Florida retirement community, she inadvertently becomes involved with a drug kingpin trying to use her as a front for his operations. Combining a comic plot with a deep concern for character, Elkin ends his career with a vivid portrait of a woman overcoming loss, a woman who is both recognizable and as unique as Elkin's other famous characters.

Author: Stanley Elkin
ISBN-10: 1564783227
ISBN-13: 9781564783226
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2002
Pages: 294
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.58w x 0.78d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/15/2002 pg. 1581

By Stanley Elkin
By Stanley Elkin
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Stanley Elkin (1930-1995) was an award-winning author of novels, short stories, and essays. Born in the Bronx, Elkin received his BA and PhD from the University of Illinois and in 1960 became a professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis where he taught until his death. His critically acclaimed works include the National Book Critics Circle Award-winners George Mills (1982) and Mrs. Ted Bliss (1995), as well as the National Book Award finalists The Dick Gibson Show (1972), Searches & Seizures (1974), and The MacGuffin (1991). His book of novellas, Van Gogh's Room at Arles, was a finalist for the PEN Faulkner Award.

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