Short Stories Five Decades Author:Irwin Shaw "A record of the events of almost sixty years all coming together in the imagination of one American" is how Irwin Shaw viewed his short stories. Included in this collection are sixty-three stories spanning five decades: ironic and bittersweet stories; stories of love and passion; sensitive stories deftly combining pathos and humor; beguiling s... more »tories filled with lively dialogue and sharp observations of the human experience. Stories that reflect Shaw's own experiences, own moods, own convictions. Stories that, once read, are remembered: The Girls in Their Summer Dresses... The Eighty-Yard Run... Sailor off the Bremen... Weep in Years to Come... The City Was in Total Darkness... Tip on a Dead Jockey... God Was Here But He Left Early... Circle of Light... Whispers in Bedlam... Where All Things Wise and Fair Descend...« less