William Saroyan - Heart in the Highlands and other stories (epub)

The Man With the Heart in the Highlands and other stories

by Pulitzer Prize winner William Saroyan

The wildly wonderful genius of William Saroyan sparkles through these 32 unforgettable stories

"Most of the stories I have written have in them something of the actual time of writing, as well as the world and time remembered," says William Saroyan. In his notes to the 32 stories included here, this unsurpassed American humorist tells of the circumstances and feelings surrounding the creation of each of his marvelous tales.

Born in Fresno, California, in 1908 of Armenian parent¬age, William Saroyan has written many plays, short stories and novels, including The Time of Your Life, The Human Comedy, and My Name is Aram, all available in Laurel Editions. His love of people and of America has produced some of the most sympathetic and wildly uninhibited literature of our time.

"Probably since O. Henry nobody has done more than William Saroyan to endear and stabilize the short story."

-- ELIZABETH BOWEN

". . . one of the profoundest humorists . . . that has ever enriched the American scene. . . ."

-- BURTON RASCOE

THE MAN WITH THE HEART IN THE HIGHLANDS
THE STOLEN BICYCLE
THE HUMMINGBIRD THAT LIVED THROUGH WINTER
THE PARSLEY GARDEN • THE ORANGES
THE PEASANT
THE WORLD'S CHAMPION ELEVATOR OPERATOR
THE BROKEN WHEEL • THE DEATH OF CHILDREN
LAUGHTER • HOW IT IS TO BE
THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
THE BEGGARS • FINLANDIA
THE STRUGGLE OF JIM PATROS WITH DEATH
THE HORSES AND THE SEA
THE DARING YOUNG MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE
WAR • DEAR GRETA GARBO • A COLD DAY
PEACE, IT'S WONDERFUL
THE INSURANCE SALESMAN, THE PEASANT, THE RUG MERCHANT AND THE POTTED PLANT
THE GENIUS • THE FILIPINO AND THE DRUNKARD
A VISITOR TO THE PIANO WAREHOUSE
THE RETURN TO THE POMEGRANATE TREES
THE WORLD • THE DECLARATION OF WAR
THE THIRD DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS
THE SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER • PIANO