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Edith Pearlman


Born
in Providence, Rhode Island, The United States
June 26, 1936

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Genre
Fiction, Nonfiction


Edith Pearlman, born in 1936, published her debut collection of stories in 1996, at age 60. Last year, she won The National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for Binocular Vision. She has published over 250 works of short fiction in magazines, literary journals, anthologies and online publications. Her work has won three O. Henry Prizes, the Drue Heinz Prize for Literature, and a Mary McCarthy Prize, among others. In 2011, Pearlman was the recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award, which puts her in the ranks of John Updike, Joyce Carol Oates, and other luminaries.

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.76 · 7,073 ratings · 1,066 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors
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How to Fall: Stories
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Vaquita and Other Stories
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Love Among the Greats and O...
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Girl and Marble Boy
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Visón Binocular
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Francs
it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001
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Binocular Vision: New & Sel...
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“Still she wondered: did the present deliver up the future, or must you chase your destiny like a harpoonist?”
― Edith Pearlman, Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories
tags: destiny, future, life
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“He gave her that last word. He gave her his love. He would think of her almost every day for the rest of his life. Only his presence would he withhold.”
― Edith Pearlman, Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories
tags: adultery, love
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“I believe solitude to be not only the unavoidable human condition but also the sensible human preference."
― Edith Pearlman, Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories, (from "Mates")”
― Edith Pearlman
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