**From "one of the great short story writers of our time" (The
Philadelphia Inquirer)--nine stories and a poem that offer a searing
portrait of American innocence and loss--and formed the basis for the
film "Short Cuts" directed by Robert Altman.
**
With deadpan humor and enormous tenderness, this is the work of "one of
the true contemporary masters" (The New York Review of Books).
Features stories from the collections Will You Please Be Quiet,
Please?, Where I'm Calling From, What We Talk About When We Talk About
Love, and A New Path to the Waterfall; including an introduction by
Robert Altman.