Short stories
by Katherine Anne Porter · April 1, 1970
Popularity 5
Set in Porter's native Texas and her beloved Mexico, prewar Nazi Germany and the gothic Old South, these are stories of love, outrage, betrayal, and spiritual reckoning that are severe but never cruel, and always exquisitely precise.
Social life and customsFictionNational Book Award Winneraward:national_book_award=1966award:national_book_award=fictionAmerican Short storiesManners and customsFiction, short stories (single author)