Hard Candy: A Book of Stories
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Hard Candy: A Book of Stories is a 1954 collection of short stories
by American
playwright
and writer Tennessee Williams
.
The 1967 New Directions paperback edition, dedicated to Jane
and Paul Bowles
, notes that "Hard Candy" is a later version of "Mysteries of the Joy Rio", but even though on the same theme in the same setting the results are so different that both stories are included for interest. The nine stories are "Three players of a summer game", "Two on a party", "The resemblance between a violin case and a coffin", "Hard candy", "Rubio y Morena", "The mattress by the tomato patch", "The coming of something to the Widow Holly", "The vine", and "The mysteries of the Joy Rio".
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
by American
United States
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playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
and writer Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
.
The 1967 New Directions paperback edition, dedicated to Jane
Jane Bowles
Jane Bowles, born Jane Sydney Auer , was an American writer and playwright.-Early life:Born into a Jewish family in New York, Jane Bowles spent her childhood in Woodmere, New York, on Long Island. She developed tuberculous arthritis of the knee as a teenager and her mother took her to Switzerland...
and Paul Bowles
Paul Bowles
Paul Frederic Bowles was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator.Following a cultured middle-class upbringing in New York City, during which he displayed a talent for music and writing, Bowles pursued his education at the University of Virginia before making various trips to Paris...
, notes that "Hard Candy" is a later version of "Mysteries of the Joy Rio", but even though on the same theme in the same setting the results are so different that both stories are included for interest. The nine stories are "Three players of a summer game", "Two on a party", "The resemblance between a violin case and a coffin", "Hard candy", "Rubio y Morena", "The mattress by the tomato patch", "The coming of something to the Widow Holly", "The vine", and "The mysteries of the Joy Rio".