Full day -- The warrior Princess Ozimba -- The enormous door -- A told secret -- Watching her die -- Serious need -- The company of the dead -- Good and bad dreams: A sign of blood ; Rapid eye movements ; Twice ; Washed feet ; Sleeping and waking ; Morning places -- Michael Egerton -- The last news -- The anniversary -- Invitation -- Late warnings: My parents, Winter 1926 ; The knowledge of my mother's coming death ; Life for life ; Design for a tomb -- Endless mountains -- Long night -- A new stretch of woods -- The last of a long correspondence -- Deeds of light -- Walking lessons -- His final mother -- This wait -- Fools education: The happiness of others ; A dog's death ; Scars ; Waiting at Dachau -- The golden child -- Truth and lies -- Breath -- Toward home -- The names and faces of heroes -- Nine hours alone -- Night and silence -- Summer games -- A chain of love -- Two useful visits -- A final account -- Uncle Grant -- Troubled sleep -- Good night -- An evening meal -- Bess Waters -- An early Christmas.

For over three decades, Reynolds Price has been one of America's most distinguished writers, in a career that has been remarkable both for its virtuosity and for the variety of literary forms he has embraced. Now he shows himself as much a master of the story as he is of the novel, in a volume that presents fifty stories, including two early collections - The Names and Faces of Heroes and Permanent Errors - as well as more than two dozen new stories that have never been gathered together before.

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