A Curtain of Green: And Other Stories

by Eudora Welty, Katherine Anne Porter (Introduction)

Overview

This is the first collection of Welty’s stories, originally published in 1941. It includes such classics as “A Worn Path,” “Petrified Man,” “Why I Live at the P.O.,” and “Death of a Traveling Salesman.” The historic Introduction by Katherine Anne Porter brought Welty to the attention of the american reading public.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156234924
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	10/04/1979
Series:	Harvest Book Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	324
Sales rank:	455,607
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

EUDORA WELTY (1909–2001) was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and attended the Mississippi State College for Women, the University of Wisconsin, and Columbia University (where she studied advertising). In addition to short fiction, Welty wrote novels, novellas, essays, and reviews, and was the winner of both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

Date of Birth:

April 13, 1909

Date of Death:

July 23, 2001

Place of Birth:

Jackson, Mississippi

Place of Death:

Jackson, Mississippi

Education:

University of Wisconsin