Presence Stories [Paperback]

An unforgettable collection of a master storyteller?s final works

Throughout his life, Arthur Miller, one of the foremost dramatists of the twentieth century, wrote highly regarded fiction?from his early novel Focus to two collections,I Don?t Need You AnymoreandHomely Girl. InPresence, a posthumous gathering of his last published stories, he reveals the same profound insight, humanism, and empathy that characterized his great dramatic works. The six stories included here have all appeared in major publications and each displays all the assuredness of an artist in his autumnal prime.Presenceis a gift that all fans of Miller?s work, as well as readers of contemporary fiction, will applaud.Arthur Millerwas born in New York City in 1915 and studied at the University of Michigan. His plays includeAll My Sons(1947),Death of a Salesman(1949),The Crucible(1953),A View from the BridgeandA Memory of Two Mondays(1955),After the Fall(1963),Incident at Vichy(1964),The Price(1968),The Creation of the World and Other Business(1972) andThe American Clock. He has also written two novels,Focus(1945), andThe Misfits, which was filmed in 1960, and the text forIn Russia(1969),Chinese Encounters(1979), andIn the Country(1977), three books of photographs by his wife, Inge Morath. More recent works include a memoir,Timebends(1987), and the playsThe Ride Down Mt. Morgan(1991),The Last Yankee(1993),Broken Glass(1993), which won the Olivier Award for Best Play of the London Season, andMr. Peter's Connections(1998). His latest book isOn Politics and the Art of Acting. Miller was granted with the 2001 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He has twice won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and in 1949 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.US