Lost in Uttar Pradesh : new and selected stories / by Evan S. Connell

The land where the lemon trees bloom -- Election eve -- Lost in Uttar Pradesh -- Assassin -- Proctor Bemis -- Ancient musik -- Nan Madol -- Arcturus -- Lion -- Hooker -- Noah's ark -- Cuban missile crisis -- Bowen -- St. Augustine's pigeon -- Yellow raft -- Puig's wife -- Octopus, The Sausalito quarterly of new writing, art and ideas -- Caribbean provedor -- The walls of çvila -- Guadalccanal (the marine) -- Mrs. Proctor Bemis -- Palace of the Moorish kings.

"A new collection of fiction by Evan S. Connell should be the occasion for wide celebration. His restraint, concision, and perfect pitch lend themselves to the short-story form. He senses when to explain and when to let silence stand in speech's stead. His characters - among them, a wanderer back from Spain, the corpulent Mr. Bemis, Karia and her lion - ring true not because the stories are filled with monumental events, but because they center around seemingly insignificant experiences that remain in the mind, imbued with a meaning ever difficult to define. Often we are left to float in their wake, ending in an ellipsis of sorts. Yet by Connell's mastery, even the voices that speak only once resonate beyond the final page."--BOOK JACKET.