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The Collected Stories

The Collected Stories

Ring Lardner

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Repro India Limited
Año de edición:
2025
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Poesía
ISBN:
9789371165587

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Collected Poems by Ring Lardner offers a witty and surprising glimpse into the poetic side of one of America’s sharpest satirists and sportswriters. Best known for his short stories and humorous commentary on everyday life, Lardner brings the same cleverness, irony, and conversational charm to his verse. These poems-often playful, occasionally poignant-explore themes of love, fame, sports, and human folly with a keen ear for language and a journalist’s eye for detail. Blending humor with heart, this collection reveals a lesser-known but delightfully lyrical dimension of Lardner’s literary genius.

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