Presence

Resumen del libro

In his lifetime the great American playwright Arthur Miller published two highly regarded collections of stories, I Don't Need You Any More (1967) and Homely Girl, a Life (1995). Shortly after his death in 2005 a final collection, Presence (2007), appeared. Now, all eighteen of these stories are gathered together in one volume for the first time, including the six from Presence, previously only published in the USA.
In his plays Miller took on the big themes of the day, putting stories of the Depression, wartime deceit and the McCarthy era on stage with an energy and passion not seen before and rarely since. In these stories he turns his attention to smaller, more intimate themes, yet still brings to bear the profound insight, humanism, empathy and wit of his work for the theatre. Including the early, O. Henry Award-winning I Don't Need You Anymore', the original story of The Misfits' on which the film was based, and the beautiful late story Presence', this collection offers a fresh perspective on the great writer and his work, here informed by an unusual sensuality and delicacy.
When Homely Girl, a Life was published in America the critic for the New York Times wrote of those three stories: The ability to sum up in clear, unequivocal prose the essence of emotion, a situation, a theme characteristic of Mr Miller's best writing makes the reader wish that these stories were longer, and that there were more of them.' At last there are.

Biografía del autor

Arthur Miller nació en Nueva York en 1915 y falleció en 2005. Clásico incontestable de la escena estadounidense, escribió algunas de las obras maestras del teatro del siglo xx, además de ser autor de una extensa obra narrativa y ensayística. Entre sus numerosos galardones se cuentan el Premio Pulitzer 1949 o el de la crítica teatral neoyorquina en dos ocasiones " una por Todos eran mis hijos" , así como el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras 2002. Hombre público por su compromiso social " y su vida privada" , nadie como Miller ha sabido reflejar las frustraciones y desengaños de la sociedad estadounidense. Tusquets Editores ha publicado sus grandes piezas teatrales Muerte de un viajante, Las brujas de Salem, Panorama desde el puente y El descenso del monte Morgan, su autobiografía Vueltas al tiempo, el cuento infantil La manta de Jane, el volumen de ensayos Al correr de los años y los libros de relatos Ya no te necesito y Presencia, así como las novelas En el punto de mira y Una chica cualquiera.