books by Roxana Robinson

books by Roxana Robinson

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Roxana Robinson

A Glimpse of Scarlet: And Other Stories

Roxana Robinson

Perennial, 1992

Wonderful and moving! Don't miss these stories!
How could they allow this book to go out of print? I found the stories paint the world my family lives in accurately. Ms. Robinson shows keen observation of the WASP world, with all its hangups and repression, and yet her characters are sympathetic to various ...

The New York Stories of Edith Wharton (New York Review Books Classics)

Edith Wharton

NYRB Classics, 2007

Some fine vintage Wharton
Periodically, it seems, Edith Wharton (1862-1937) pops up into our attention span, most recently due to the fine biography by Hermione Lee, the release of several Wharton volumes in the Library of America series, and movie versions of her novels, such as "The Age of ...

Asking for Love

Roxana Robinson

Random House, 1996

Master of the Short Story
These stories are about what the title suggests -- love. So if you have love on your mind, read them! Many of the stories in this collection are flawless. My favorites are "Slipping Away," a hilarious story about a woman who is cheating on her husband; "The ...

Summer Light (Hardscrabble Books)

Roxana Robinson

UPNE, 1995

Tensions and misunderstandings during a Maine summer
Robinson is a fine writer, with a spare, edgy style, and tells a good story. Two sisters and their husbands, lovers, and children share the rental of a Maine beach cottage and get to know each other better...or worse. The main character, an aimless, ...

A Perfect Stranger: And Other Stories

Roxana Robinson

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006

Brilliant Collection!
The thirteen stories in Roxana Robinson's newest collection all share an amazing elegance, clear insight into human nature, and at times, breath-stopping tension. In "Family Christmas," a young girl witnesses an event that opens her eyes to an adult world full of ...

The Best Early Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald (Modern Library Classics)
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Modern Library, 2005

Edited and with an Introduction by Bryant Mangum Foreword by Roxana Robinson Benediction ? Head and Shoulders ? Bernice Bobs Her Hair ? The Ice Palace ? The Offshore Pirate ? May Day ? The Jelly Bean ? The Diamond as Big as the Ritz ? Winter Dreams ? Absolution In the euphoric months before and after the publication of This Side of Paradise , ...

This is My Daughter: A Novel

Roxana Robinson

Touchstone, 1999

Outstanding characterization
It's really necessary to read this book more than once. The author has created great depth of character, and every personality is well-developed. It's true that the characters are not "nice" or particularly likable, but they are endlessly interesting and realistic. I ...

Cost: A Novel

Roxana Robinson

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008

The Cost of Connecting...
What is the cost of family connections? What is the cost of severing them? Julia Lambert asks these questions during a traumatic time in her family's lives. An artist and professor, Julia departs to her summer home in Maine, to try and connect with her ...

Sweetwater: A Novel

Roxana Robinson

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005

The Lion in Water
Roxana Robinson, author of the unforgettable "This Is My Daughter," returns to the topic of broken families in "Sweetwater." Isabel Green, the book's passive-aggressive protagonist (you could hardly call her its hero) has in her mid-40s drifted into her second ...

Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life

Roxana Robinson

UPNE, 1999

A Beautiful and Engaging Tribute to a Brilliant Artist
Georgia O'Keeffe's life was one lived with courage and beauty and Robinson does her justice by writing this beautiful and engaging biography. The author delves into O'Keeffe's life and the passion of her work by describing her family history, her evolution as an ...

The Old Maid: The 'Fifties (Modern Library Classics)
Edith Wharton

Modern Library, 2003

Originally serialized in The Red Book Magazine in 1922, The Old Maid is an examination of class and society as only Edith Wharton could undertake. The story follows the life of Tina, a young woman caught between the mother who adopted her?the beautiful, upstanding Delia?and her true mother, her plain, unmarried ?aunt? Charlotte, who gave Tina ...