48 Saroyan Stories

Date:

1942

Art Credits:

Notes:

Published as No. 19 of the New Avon Library.

Saroyan wrote an original brief introduction for the book, though did recycle the dedication to his previous collection, Peace, It's Wonderful

Dedication: 

This book is for and against: 

It is for the unnamed man in the multitude, whether he is scared to death, cowed, gathered into a mob, humiliated, fighting mad, unaware, or indifferent. 

It is against all men who, deliberately or unconsciously, with guilt or in innocence, out of nobility or stupidity, with regret or not with regret, are imposing death on the present world of helpless human beings. 

Includes the stories

THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

THE INSURANCE SALESMAN, THE PEASANT, THE RUG MERCHANT, AND THE POTTED PLANT

THE YEAR OF HEAVEN

THE EUROPA CLUB

1924 CADILLAC FOR SALE

THE LOVE KICK

LITTLE MORAL TALES FROM THE OLD COUNTRY

THE WARM, QUIET VALLEY OF HOME

A NUMBER OF THE POOR

THE MONUMENTAL ARENA

PEACE, IT'S WONDERFUL

PIANO

THE MOUSE

THE ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG MAN SOME DAY TO BE ANOTHER JACK LONDON

ROMANCE

AT THE CHOP SUEY JOINT ON LARKIN STREET AT TWO THIRTY IN THE MORNING

OHIO

THE WAR IN SPAIN

COMEDY IS WHERE YOU DIE AND THEY DON'T BURY YOU BECAUSE YOU CAN STILL WALK

NOONDAY DARK INFOLDING TEXAS

JOHNNY THE DREAMER, MARY THE MODEL AT MAGNIN'S, AND PLATO THE DEMOCRAT

THE BEST AND WORST PEOPLE AND THINGS OF 1938

WHAT WE WANT IS LOVE AND MONEY

THE SWEET SINGER OF OMSK

THE SAME AS TWENTY YEARS AGO

THE RUSSIAN WRITER

THE JOURNEY AND THE DREAM

LOVE, HERE IS MY HAT

EVER FALL IN LOVE WITH A MIDGET?

THE TRAINS

ONE OF THE LEAST FAMOUS OF THE GREAT LOVE AFFAIRS OF HISTORY

THE LA SALLE HOTEL IN CHICAGO

GUS THE GAMBLER

SATURDAY NIGHT

COFFEE AND SANDWICHES AT LOUIE'S ON PACIFIC STREET

AH LIFE, AH DEATH, AH MUSIC, AH FRANCE, AH EVERYTHING

THREE, FOUR, SHUT THE DOOR

FOR MY PART I'LL SMOKE A GOOD TEN CENT CIGAR

THE GENIUS

A LADY NAMED CAROLINE

THE FIRE

YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART

THE FILIPINO AND THE DRUNKARD

JIM PEMBERTON AND HIS BOY TRIGGER

WAR AND PEACE

THE POOR HEART

A FAMILY OF THREE

AM I YOUR WORLD?

Additional Materials

In the Forever Saroyan Collection: