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The Anatomy Lesson and Other Stories
First edition of the author's first book bound in tan cloth and boards. A VG+ copy in a VG- dust jacket. Soiling to the edges of the book's upper page block. The pages are slightly darkened at their edges. Small rubs to the spine tips. Dust soiling to the edges of the upper page block. The dust jacket has a small chip at the head of its spine and has chips at its corners. Rubbing along its spine edges and the outer folds. Dust soiling to rear panel.
- GenresShort Stories
Hardcover
First published January 1, 1957
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Evan S. Connell
42 books154 followersEvan Shelby Connell Jr. (August 17, 1924 – January 10, 2013) was a U.S. novelist, poet, and short-story writer. His writing covered a variety of genres, although he published most frequently in fiction.
In 2009, Connell was nominated for the Man Booker International Prize, for lifetime achievement. On April 23, 2010, he was awarded a Los Angeles Times Book Prize: the Robert Kirsch Award, for "a living author with a substantial connection to the American West, whose contribution to American letters deserves special recognition."
Connell was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the only son of Evan S. Connell, Sr. (1890–1974), a physician, and Ruth Elton Connell. He had a sister Barbara (Mrs. Matthew Zimmermann) to whom he dedicated his novel Mrs. Bridge (1959). He graduated from Southwest High School in Kansas City in 1941. He started undergraduate work at Dartmouth College but joined the Navy in 1943 and became a pilot. After the end of World War II, he graduated from the University of Kansas in 1947, with a B.A. in English. He studied creative writing at Columbia University in New York and Stanford University in California. He never married, and lived and worked in Sausalito, California for decades.
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In 2009, Connell was nominated for the Man Booker International Prize, for lifetime achievement. On April 23, 2010, he was awarded a Los Angeles Times Book Prize: the Robert Kirsch Award, for "a living author with a substantial connection to the American West, whose contribution to American letters deserves special recognition."
Connell was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the only son of Evan S. Connell, Sr. (1890–1974), a physician, and Ruth Elton Connell. He had a sister Barbara (Mrs. Matthew Zimmermann) to whom he dedicated his novel Mrs. Bridge (1959). He graduated from Southwest High School in Kansas City in 1941. He started undergraduate work at Dartmouth College but joined the Navy in 1943 and became a pilot. After the end of World War II, he graduated from the University of Kansas in 1947, with a B.A. in English. He studied creative writing at Columbia University in New York and Stanford University in California. He never married, and lived and worked in Sausalito, California for decades.
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April 10, 2025Read so far:
The anatomy lesson --
The beau monde of Mrs. Bridge --
The condor and the guests --
The fisherman from Chihuahua --2
*I'll take you to Tennessee --
The walls of Ávila --3
*I came from yonder mountain --
The color of the world --
The trellis --
*Arcturus --
The yellow raft --
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Election eve
St. Augustine's pigeon --
The scriptwriter --
The anatomy lesson --
The beau monde of Mrs. Bridge --
The condor and the guests --
The fisherman from Chihuahua --2
*I'll take you to Tennessee --
The walls of Ávila --3
*I came from yonder mountain --
The color of the world --
The trellis --
*Arcturus --
The yellow raft --
***
Election eve
St. Augustine's pigeon --
The scriptwriter --
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