Research Catalog

Title

Today a woman went mad in the supermarket : stories / Hilma Wolitzer ; foreword by Elizabeth Strout.

Author

Wolitzer, Hilma

Publication

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

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Details

Additional Authors

Strout, Elizabeth

Description

xvi, 179 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"The uncannily relevant, deliciously clear-eyed collected stories of a critically acclaimed, award-winning "American literary treasure" (Boston Globe), ripe for rediscovery--with a foreword by Elizabeth Strout. From her many well-loved novels, Hilma Wolitzer--now 90 years old and at the top of her game--has gained a reputation as one of our best fiction writers, who "raises ordinary people and everyday occurrences to a new height." (Washington Post) These collected short stories--most of them originally published in magazines including Esquire and The Saturday Evening Post in the 1960s and 1970s, along with a new story that brings her early characters into the present--are evocative of an era that still resonates deeply today. In the title story, a bystander tries to soothe a woman who seems to have cracked under the pressures of motherhood. And in several linked stories throughout, the relationship between the narrator and her husband unfolds in telling and often hilarious vignettes. Of their time and yet timeless, Wolitzer's stories zero in on the domestic sphere and ordinary life with wit, candor, grace, and an acutely observant eye. Brilliantly capturing the tensions and contradictions of daily life, Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket is full of heart and insight, providing a lens into a world that was often unseen at the time, and often overlooked now--reintroducing a beloved writer to be embraced by a whole new generation of readers"--

Subject

• Man-woman relationships > Fiction
• Married people > Fiction
• FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
• FICTION / Women
• Man-woman relationships
• Married people

Genre/Form

• Fiction.
• Short stories.

Contents

Today a woman went mad in the supermarket -- Waiting for daddy -- Photographs -- Mrs. X -- Sundays -- Nights -- Overtime -- The sex maniac -- Trophies -- Bodies -- Mother -- Love -- The great escape.

Call Number

JFD 21-3014

ISBN

• 9781635577624
• 1635577624

LCCN

2020055943

OCLC

1264795970

Author

Wolitzer, Hilma, author.

Title

Today a woman went mad in the supermarket : stories / Hilma Wolitzer ; foreword by Elizabeth Strout.

Publisher

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Strout, Elizabeth, writer of foreword.

Container of (work): Wolitzer, Hilma. Today a woman went mad in the supermarket.

Container of (work): Wolitzer, Hilma. Waiting for daddy.

Container of (work): Wolitzer, Hilma. Photographs.

Container of (work): Wolitzer, Hilma. Mrs. X.

Container of (work): Wolitzer, Hilma. Sundays.

Container of (work): Wolitzer, Hilma. Nights.

Container of (work): Wolitzer, Hilma. Overtime.

Container of (work): Wolitzer, Hilma. Sex maniac.

Container of (work): Wolitzer, Hilma. Trophies.

Container of (work): Wolitzer, Hilma. Bodies.

Container of (work): Wolitzer, Hilma. Mother.

Container of (work): Wolitzer, Hilma. Love.

Container of (work): Wolitzer, Hilma. Great escape.

Other Form:

Online version: Wolitzer, Hilma. Today a woman went mad in the supermarket New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021 9781635577631 (DLC) 2020055944

Research Call Number

JFD 21-3014