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Gigolo

Edna Ferber

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .ternoon absence, she got up, ostensibly to look for a bit of cloth which she needed for sewing, and, passing him, laid a caressing hand on his shoulder. Laid it there and pressed his shoulder ever so little. He looked up, startled. The glances across the luncheon had largely passed over his head; the foot beneath the table might have been an accident. But this—this was unmistakable. He stood up, a little shakily. She caught his hand. The hawk-like face was close to his.

"You need somebody to love you," she said. "Somebody to do for you, and love you." The hawk face came nearer. He leaned a little toward it. But between it and his face was Ma Minick's face, plump, patient, quizzical, kindly. His head came back sharply. He threw the woman's hot hand from him.

"Woman!" he cried. "Jezebel!"

The front door slammed. Nettie. The woman flew to her sewing. Old man Minick, shaking, went into his kitchen bedroom.

"Well," said Nettie, depos. . . Read More

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4.00
- Kathy - Jan 24, 2024

I loved meeting the many characters in this set of short stories.

3.00
- Deedee - Jan 08, 2023

Eight short stories. Some better than others, with the camping salesman my favorite.

5.00
- Wendy - Mar 27, 2009

As with all of Ferber's short stories you never want them to end. I find that her short stories are very different than many in that they read as though they could easily be made into full-length novels. Ferber is a lost gem!

5.00
- Robert Keigan - Oct 09, 2021

Didn't disappoint....

Huge fan of Edna Ferber. Always a surprising ending. Thought-provoking. Find myself thinking about the twists she makes. Good reads. 1925 Pulitzer. Well deserved.

3.00
- Pascale - Oct 18, 2020

There's always something wise and warm-hearted about the way Ferber tells a story, often gently mocking her characters but only ever censorious of the mean-spirited and the hypocrites. This collection is comprised of 8 stories dealing with 1/ a handsome mechanic who hates being pursued by adoring fe

5.00
- Lucy - Aug 18, 2016

I suspect Ferber is an author you either love or hate. If you buy in to her way of seeing the world, and can lose yourself in the little lives of her characters, then this collection of short stories is quintessential Ferber. I loved it.

4.00
- Kathy - Dec 29, 2014

A reader unfamiliar with Edna Ferber's literary output might finish this book with the impression that her tone was always downbeat. (It wasn't: some stories in other collections and portions of her novels are joyous; others are laugh-out-loud funny.) The tales in Gigolo delve deep into the minds of

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