Saroyan (1908–1981) was a master of the short story. The work reviewed was the first collected volume he published (it contains 26 short stories). It became an immediate bestseller and he was recognized as...
Pete, who is ten years old, is the narrator. His parents have separated, although the reasons are not explained. His sister stays with their mother, and he goes with his father, not very far away, on the...
Set in a small town in California during World War II, the story follows Homero Macauley, a teenager who works as a telegrapher and, through his job, becomes a witness to the joys and tragedies of the...
Thomas Tracy had a very special friend: a tiger that only he could see… although it was actually a black panther. This mysterious companion followed him everywhere, as if it were part of his imagination....
A collection of fourteen stories with which the author was enshrined as a master of contemporary American fiction. The protagonist, Aram Garoghlanian, is an American lad from an Armenian family who knows...