Presence: Collected Stories : (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
384 pages2016Penguin Publishing GroupISBN 9780143108474
About this book
A collection of six short stories by Arthur Miller before his death in 2005. "Bulldog" describes a young teenagers surprising first sexual experience, while "Presence" relates a man's encounter with a woman he has just seen making love on a beach. "Beavers" tells a haunting tale of nature, creation, and destruction. In "Performance", a Jewish tap dancer enthralls Hitler. "The bare manuscript" reveals a writer's unusual methods to revive his muse, and, finally, "The turpentine still" presents a portrait of a man examining his legacy.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- 2016
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN
- 9780143108474
About Unknown Author
Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), and A View from the Bridge (1955). He wrote several screenplays and was most noted for his work on The Misfits (1961). The drama Death of a Salesman is considered one of the best American plays of the 20th century.
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