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Literary Fiction · ThoughtfulTwelve stories about race and everyday life in America
Elbow Room
1977288 pagesModerate readSteady pace
★ Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1978
Twelve stories about Black and white America
The book gathers twelve stories: Why I Like Country Music, The Story of a Dead Man, The Silver Bullet, The Faithful, Problems of Art, The Story of a Scar, I Am an American, Widows and Orphans, A Loaf of Bread, Just Enough for the City, A Sense of Story and Elbow Room.
More about this book
Who
A varied cast of characters, told in twelve separate stories.
World
The United States, with each of the twelve stories set in its own place.
What makes it different
McPherson was the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The collection was published by Little, Brown in 1977 and won the prize in 1978.
Feel
Direct, observant and humane, a book of stories to read one by one.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- Elbow RoomWikipedia