Library of America inaugurates its edition of the complete fiction of one of America’s most beloved living writers
For more than fifty years, in eight novels and fortytwoย short stories, Wendell Berry (b. 1934) has createdย an indelible portrait of rural America through the lensย of Port William, Kentucky, one of the most fullyย imagined places in American literature.ย Taken together, these novels and stories form aย masterwork of American prose: straightforward,ย spare, and lyrical.ย Now, for the first time, in an edition prepared in consultation with the author, Library of America is presenting the complete story of Port William in the order of narrative chronology.ย This first volume, which spans from the Civil War toย World War II, gathers the novels Nathan Coulterย (1960, revised 1985), A Place on Earth (1967, revisedย 1983), A World Lost(1996), and Andy Catlett: Earlyย Travels (2006), along with twenty-three short stories,ย among them such favorites as โWatch With Me,โย โThicker than Liquor,โ and โA Desirable Woman.โ Itย also features a newly researched chronology of Berryโsย life and career, a map and a Port William Membershipย family tree, and helpful notes.
LIBRARY OF AMERICAย is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nationโs literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, Americaโs best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.













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