cover image Spirits and Other Stories

Spirits and Other Stories

Richard Bausch. Penguin Books, $6.95 (240pp) ISBN 978-0-14-010963-4

``Precisely phrased, recounted in a variety of stingingly accurate voices, these nine stories all deal with the failure of the spirit,'' found PW , adding that ``Bausch's emerging reputation as a fine writer will rise with this moving collection.'' (September)