About the book: 1991 / Katherine Anne Porter appears in the one-volume book as an extraordinary master of short prose, combining interest in the eternal themes of life, death, freedom with the ability to penetrate into the hidden depths of the characters’ inner world. From the collection: Porter K. E. Stories. Stories. Welty Yu. Daughter of an optimist. Stories: Trans. from English / Compiled I. Arkhangelskaya; Preface A. Zvereva. - M.: Raduga, 1991. - 911 p. —(U.S. Literature Library).