Saroyan William. The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories

New Directions Books: New York. — 168 p.A timeless selection of brilliant short stories won William Saroyan a position among the foremost, most widely popular writers of America when it first appeared in 1934. With the greatest of ease William Saroyan flew across the literary skies in 1934 with the publication of The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories. He was one of the first American writers to describe the immigrant experience in the U.S. The title story touchingly portrays the thoughts of a very young writer, dying of starvation. Also includes: Seventy Thousand Assyrians, A Curved Line, Harry, Laughter, War, and The Shepherd's Daughter. All of the 25 tales were written during the great depression and reflect, through pathos and humor, the mood of the nation in one of its greatest times of want.