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Mrs. Ted Bliss Paperback - 2002 - 1st Edition

by Stanley Elkin; Introduction by Chirs Lehmann


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Published posthumously in 1995, Mrs. Ted Bliss tells the story of an eighty-two-year-old widow starting life anew after the death of her husband. As Dorothy Bliss learns to cope with the mundane rituals of life in a Florida retirement community, she inadvertently becomes involved with a drug kingpin trying to use her as a front for his operations. Combining a comic plot with a deep concern for character, Elkin ends his career with a vivid portrait of a woman overcoming loss, a woman who is both recognizable and as unique as Elkin's other famous characters.

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  • Title Mrs. Ted Bliss
  • Author Stanley Elkin; Introduction by Chirs Lehmann
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 294
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dalkey Archive Press, Chicago
  • Date 2002-04-01
  • ISBN 9781564783226 / 1564783227
  • Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.04 x 5.58 x 0.78 in (20.42 x 14.17 x 1.98 cm)
  • Themes
    • Generational Orientation: Elderly/Aged
    • Geographic Orientation: Florida
  • Library of Congress subjects Widows, Humorous fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002019292
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 05/15/2002, Page 1581

About the author

Stanley Elkin (1930-1995) was an award-winning author of novels, short stories, and essays. Born in the Bronx, Elkin received his BA and PhD from the University of Illinois and in 1960 became a professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis where he taught until his death. His critically acclaimed works include the National Book Critics Circle Award-winners George Mills (1982) and Mrs. Ted Bliss (1995), as well as the National Book Award finalists The Dick Gibson Show (1972), Searches & Seizures (1974), and The MacGuffin (1991). His book of novellas, Van Gogh's Room at Arles, was a finalist for the PEN Faulkner Award.

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