{"product_id":"the-egg-and-other-stories-by-sherwood-anderson","title":"‘The Egg and Other Stories’ by Sherwood Anderson","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSherwood Anderson’s short fiction is a flirt between ordinary American life and the private weirdness running beneath it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese stories, originally gathered in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Triumph of the Egg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1921, turn repeatedly toward people who find themselves slightly out of joint with the worlds they inhabit. The lonely young women, disappointed men, marriages under pressure, small-town lives interrupted by desire, ambition or some sudden recognition that refuses to fit neatly back into place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnderson’s style helped shift American fiction away from plot-heavy storytelling toward something looser and more psychological, built from voice, mood, gesture and the half-articulated interior lives of otherwise unremarkable people. The result can feel almost modernist in miniature, this work becomes an economical introduction to the writer whose work would strongly influence Hemingway, Faulkner and the American short story that followed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDover Publications, Mineola, New York, 2000. Dover Thrift Edition; first published in this edition 2000. Paperback. Light shelf wear to covers; internally clean and sound.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67568125149267,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation-2026-09-30T152534.990.png?v=1790746114","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-egg-and-other-stories-by-sherwood-anderson","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}