A Lean Year and Other Stories

In this collection of sixteen short stories, Robert Laxalt illuminates the Nevada of the 1950s. Written when Laxalt was in his twenties, the stories are as fresh as if they were penned yesterday. Humanity good and bad, humour and cruelty, satire and adventure are found in these early stories of a Nevada poised on the brink of change.

In aceasta colectie de saisprezece povestiri, Robert Laxalt lumineaza Nevada anilor 1950. Scrise cand Laxalt avea peste douazeci de ani, povestile sunt la fel de proaspete, ca si cum ar fi fost scrise ieri.