The triumph of the egg : By Sherwood Anderson ( poems ): a book of impressions from American life in tales and poems - Softcover

Anderson, Sherwood

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1530839041 ISBN 13: 9781530839049

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

The Triumph of the Egg (full title: The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions from American Life in Tales and Poems) is a 1921 short story collection by the American author Sherwood Anderson. It was Anderson's third book to be published by B.W. Huebsch and his second collection after the successful short story cycle Winesburg, Ohio. The book contains 15 stories preceded by photographs of seven clay sculptures by Anderson's wife at the time, sculptor Tennessee Mitchell, that were inspired by characters in the book. The volume includes the following stories: "The Dumb Man" "I Want to Know Why" "Seeds" "The Other Woman" "The Egg" "Unlighted Lamps" "Senility" "The Man in the Brown Coat" "Brothers" "The Door of the Trap" "The New Englander" "War" "Motherhood" "Out of Nowhere Into Nothing" "The Man with the Trumpet"

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About the Author

Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Self-educated, he rose to become a successful copywriter and business owner in Cleveland and Elyria, Ohio. In 1912, Anderson had a nervous breakdown that led him to abandon his business and family to become a writer.

At the time, he moved to Chicago and was eventually married three more times. His most enduring work is the short-story sequence Winesburg, Ohio, which launched his career. Throughout the 1920s, Anderson published several short story collections, novels, memoirs, books of essays, and a book of poetry. Though his books sold reasonably well, Dark Laughter (1925), a novel inspired by Anderson's time in New Orleans during the 1920s, was the only bestseller of his career.

He may be most remembered for his influential effect on the next generation of young writers, as he inspired William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, and Thomas Wolfe. He helped gain publication for Faulkner and Hemingway.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1530839041
• ISBN 13: 9781530839049
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 112