The Achieve of, the Mastery of the Thing: from The Lone Pilgrim

by Laurie Colwin

Overview

In this short story from Laurie Colwin’s The Lone Pilgrim, the perpetually stoned young wife of a popular college professor struggles to tell her husband that she’s been high since the day they met. Juggling her housewifish duties with her daily hours spent with her close friend and dealer, she does her best not to rock the boat too hard. Told with Colwin’s unique humor and incisive characterization, this is a story about friendship within a marriage and outside of it. A Vintage Short.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593685488
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/11/2022
Series:	A Vintage Short
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	16
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

LAURIE COLWIN is the author of five novels, Happy All the Time, Family Happiness, Goodbye Without Leaving, A Big Storm Knocked It Over, and Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object; three collections of short stories, Passion and Affect, The Lone Pilgrim, and Another Marvelous Thing; and two collections of essays, Home Cooking and More Home Cooking. Colwin died in 1992.

Date of Birth:

June 14, 1944

Date of Death:

October 25, 1992

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Place of Death:

New York, New York

Education:

B.A., Bard College; M.A., Columbia University