Enormous Changes at the Last Minute Stories

Inthiscollectionofshortstories,originallypublishedin1974,GracePaley"makesthenovelasaformseemvirtuallyredundant"(AngelaCarter,"LondonReviewofBooks").Herstoriesherecapture"theitchofthecity,lovebetweenparentsandchildren"and"thecuttingedgeofcombat"(LisHarris,"TheNewYorkTimesBookReview").Inthiscollectionofseventeenstories,shecreatesa"solidandvitalfictionalworld,cross-referencedanddensewithlife"(WalterClemons,"Newsweek").