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Show Cases

Show Cases

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General FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1025983998
ISBN13: 9781025983998
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 206
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Show Cases is a sophisticated collection of short stories and novellas that offers a series of incisive psychological portraits and social vignettes. Written by the prolific translator and man of letters Jacques Le Clercq, these tales capture the restless spirit and moral complexities of the early twentieth century. Each story serves as a metaphorical display case, meticulously unveiling the hidden desires, eccentricities, and vulnerabilities of its characters as they navigate various social and romantic entanglements.

The work is characterized by its elegant prose and a keen, often ironic, observational eye that dissects the pretenses of high society and the quiet tragedies of the individual. As a notable example of 1920s literary fiction, Show Cases provides a window into the decadent and disillusioning landscape of the interwar era. Readers interested in modernist character studies and the development of the American short story will find this collection a compelling exploration of human nature and social artifice.

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