William Maxwell
Birth date: August 16, 1908
Died: July 31, 2000
William Maxwell's Books
Introduction--So Long, See You Tomorrow
Bunny is eight years old in the late 1930's, the war has ended and he and his family live in a small Midwestern town, Bunny is our narrator for the first part of this novel. This is not really a coming of age novel, though it does include two young children. The Spanish Flu is rearing its ugly head ...
If I ever need to choose only 10 books that I can read til I die, this one will be one of them. I first read it when I was just a silly high-schooler half of my age now, and over the years it has never lost its magic. I've just picked it up again and was amazed on the beauty of the writing & how it ...
Fake memoir steeped in musings about tragedies in childhood and dysfunctional family relationships. I look forward to reading his other works; style is masterful.
It has a completely different feeling from the short story but still is a work of a master.