I first realized there was more to O. Henry than surprise endings when, a few years ago, I picked up a Penguin edition of the writer’s selected stories edited by Guy Davenport. In his introduction, Davenport — an essayist of the most sophisticated literary intelligence — noted that O. Henry’s reputation has long stood extremely high in Europe. Yevgeny Zamyatin, author of the chilling 1924 dystopia “We,” found in his work “the art of brevity and speed proper to America,” while the Italian novelist Cesare Pavese praised the writer for the strange beauty with which he imbued city life, transforming turn-of-the-century New York into “Baghdad-on-the-Hudson. Read More...
Even though she is still healthy and lively, Mrs. Xie has already prepared the clothes she will be buried in.
An 86-year-old Chinese woman who lives in Dongshan, a city on China's southeastern coast, Xie has an active life, cooking for friends at the local Buddhist temple and joining in the chants there. Yet she has already bought the pants, shirt, shoes, earrings and purse she will wear after she dies, as well as an embroidered yellow pillow for her head. Read More...
Cooper Manning estimated Net Worth, Biography, Age, Height, Dating, Relationship Records, Salary, Income, Cars, Lifestyles & many more details have been updated below. Let’s check, How Rich is Cooper Manning in 2019-2020? Scroll below and check more details information about Current Net worth as well as Monthly/Year Salary, Expense, Income Reports!BiographyCooper Manning was born in New Orleans, LA on March 6, 1974. Famous as the eldest Manning brother of two-time Super Bowl winning quarterbacks Eli and Peyton Manning whose own playing career was cut short due to a spinal stenosis diagnosis. Read More...