{"product_id":"the-new-york-stories-of-henry-james-isbn-9781590171622","title":"The New York Stories of Henry James","description":"Henry James led a wandering life, which took him far from his native shores, but he continued to think of New York City, where his family had settled for several years during his childhood, as his hometown. Here Colm Tóibín, the author of the Man Booker Prize–shortlisted novel \u003ci\u003eThe Master\u003c\/i\u003e, a portrait of Henry James, brings together for the first time all the stories that James set in New York City. Written over the course of James's career and ranging from the deliciously tart comedy of the early \"An International Episode\" to the surreal and haunted corridors of \"The Jolly Corner,\" and including \"Washington Square\", the poignant novella considered by many (though not, as it happens, by the author himself) to be one of James's finest achievements, the nine fictions gathered here reflect James's varied talents and interests as well as the deep and abiding preoccupations of his imagination. And throughout the book, as Tóibín's fascinating introduction demonstrates, we see James struggling to make sense of a city in whose rapidly changing outlines he discerned both much that he remembered and held dear as well as everything about America and its future that he dreaded most.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStories included:\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of a Masterpiece\u003cbr\u003eA Most Extraordinary Case\u003cbr\u003eCrawford's Consistency\u003cbr\u003eAn International Episode\u003cbr\u003eThe Impressions of a Cousin\u003cbr\u003eThe Jolly Corner\u003cbr\u003eWashington Square\u003cbr\u003eCrapy Cornelia\u003cbr\u003eA Round of VisitsTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of a Masterpiece\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Most Extraordinary Case\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrawford’s Consistency\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn International Episode\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Impressions of a Cousin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Jolly Corner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWashington Square\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrapy Cornelia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Round of Visits\"In many ways, James’s anger at New York is the anger of a scorned lover, of someone who has lost something beautiful and soft.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"…for Colm Toibin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Master\u003c\/i\u003e, the acclaimed biographical novel about James published last year, James’s anger at the city…reflects his sexual ambivalence, and perhaps offers a clue to the nature of “the obscure hurt” that James claimed he suffered in his youth…\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"…the idea that James’s last novel is now being published for the first time since 1911 is frankly incredible.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003eHenry James (1843–1916), the younger brother of the psychologist William James and one of the greatest of American writers, was born in New York but lived for most of his life in England. Among the best known of his many stories and novels are \u003ci\u003eThe Portrait of a Lady, The Turn of the Screw,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wings of the Dove\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Stories of Henry James\u003c\/i\u003e, New York Review Classics has published several long-unavailable James novels: \u003ci\u003eThe Other House, The Outcry,\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003eThe Ivory Tower\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColm Tóibín is the author of five novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Night, The Blackwater Lightship,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Heather Blazing. The Master,\u003c\/i\u003e a novel based on the life of Henry James, was published in 2004 and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It also won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Novel of the Year Award in 2005 and the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in France. Among his nonfiction works are \u003ci\u003eBad Blood: A Walk Along the Irish Border, Homage to Barcelona, The Sign of the Cross: Travels in Catholic Europe\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently,\u003ci\u003e Love in a Dark Time\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2004, his first play, \u003ci\u003eBeauty in a Broken Place\u003c\/i\u003e, was produced in Dublin where he lives.","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299778744549,"sku":"NP9781590171622","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781590171622.jpg?v=1767740690","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-new-york-stories-of-henry-james-isbn-9781590171622","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}