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This collection of four novellas places Gurganus (Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All) in the pantheon of America's best storytellers. Indeed, the title novella, an ode to a great aunt who takes an artistically inclined young boy under her wing and shows him through kindness the meaning of love, won the National Magazine Prize. In it, the narrator imagines the grand romantic adventure she, as the daughter of an impoverished immigrant, never had. Each of the tales explores the impact that on...Log In or Sign Up to Read More