The Last Lovely City Summary
Alice Adams

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The Last Lovely City Summary

In an interview with Neil Feineman in Story Quarterly, Alice Adams remarked that she preferred writing short stories to writing novels, which may explain why her short fiction has earned more critical favor than her longer works have. In all, Adams completed six collections of short stories, the last of which, The Last Lovely City, was published shortly before her death in 1999. Adams's short stories often portray themes of love, loss, and uncertainty...

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