The One-Armed Man and Other Stories. Tennessee Williams

"The One-Armed Man and Other Stories" is a collection of short stories by Tennessee Williams, published in 1948 and later reprinted due to significant demand and interest from readers. It was this book that established T. Williams as a writer of short stories of the same high level that he is known for as a playwright. The story "The One-Armed Man" outlines the last hours before the execution of a handsome former boxer who, after losing his right arm in a car wreck, must sell himself to earn a living. "Field of Blue Children" explores the strange ways of a heart in love. "Portrait of a Girl in Glass" is a light and nostalgic memory of the heroes of "The Glass Menagerie," and "Desire and the Black Masseur" is a journey into the logic of the macabre. T. Williams' texts are partly autobiographical, and the heroes of his stories are poets and poetesses who seek to reveal their talent, a neurotic artist with an unknown sexuality, religious fanatics-sectarians who bring biblical stories to life, women and boys - prostitutes, and artists with broad views and preferences.