In The Gloaming
Stories
Alice Elliott Dark
- From
- the
- author
- of
- Think
- of
- England
- and
- Fellowship
- Point,
- a
- captivating
- collection
- of
- stories—the
- title
- piece
- successfully
- made
- into
- an
- HBO
- film—about
- the
- complex
- relationships
- between
- lovers,
- spouses,
- neighbors,
- and
- family
- members.
- By
- turns
- funny,
- sad,
- and
- disturbing,
- these
- are
- stories
- of
- remarkable
- power.When
- the
- austere
- and
- moving
- title
- story
- of
- this
- collection
- appeared
- in
- The
- New
- Yorker
- in
- 1993,
- it
- inspired
- two
- memorable
- film
- adaptations,
- and
- John
- Updike
- selected
- it
- for
- inclusion
- in
- The
- Best
- American
- Short
- Stories
- of
- the
- Century.
- In
- these
- ten
- stories,
- Alice
- Elliott
- Dark
- visits
- the
- fictional
- town
- of
- Wynnemoor
- and
- its
- residents,
- present
- and
- past,
- with
- skill,
- compassion,
- and wit.
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