Seven Stories

A master of the short form, Gina Berriault stands somewhere between Chekhov and Isaac Babel in style and psychological acuity.

"Berriault writes real fiction . . . She deepens reality, complements it and affords us the bliss of knowing, for a moment, what we cannot know." —The Nation

“A wonderful storyteller and a beautiful writer.” —Grace Paley

The seven stories—“Infinite Passion of Expectation,” “Tea Ceremony,” “The Mistress,” “The Overcoat,” “Stolen Pleasures,” “Works of the Imagination,” and “Women in Their Beds”—offer a glimpse into the oeuvre of one of the most celebrated voices in American letters.

 

 Gina Berriault was an American novelist and short story writer. She published four novels and three short story collections, including the collection Women in Their Beds, which won the PEN/Faulkner award for fiction and a National Book Critics Circle Award. Berriault was also the recipient of a Rea Award for the Short Story, a Gold Medal from the Commonwealth Club of California, a Pushcart Prize, and several O'Henry prizes.