Old Girlfriends: Stories

In this brilliantly told short story collection, critically acclaimed author David Updike skillfully portrays the multi-faceted nature of love and of the heart. From a father's painful realization his son has discovered the dark heart of racism still beats, to a quiet love affair that needs an audience to bloom; from the bumbling of a professor who unwittingly falls for one of his students to the wistful memories of a bittersweet affair tinged in regret, Updike portrays the intricacies of loving someone with candor. Full of sparkling wonder and poignant melancholy alike, Old Girlfriends is a clear-eyed vision of the world we live in. Drifting from the unrequited to the secretive, the familial to the first poetic moments, this soulful collection leaves no avenue of expression untouched.

• The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh
• The Glass Menagerie
• Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition (Dover Thrift Editions)
• Brokeback Mountain
• Long Day's Journey into Night
• The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Dover Thrift Editions)
• Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)
• Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
• We the Animals
• Walden & Civil Disobedience (Vintage Classics)