WINESBURG, OHIO

This timeless cycle of short stories lays bare the life of a small town in the American Midwest. The central character is George Wil lard, a young reporter on the Winesburg Eagle to whom, one by one, the town's inhabitants confide their hopes, their dreams, and the ir fears. The town of friendly but solitary people comes to life as Anderson's special talent exposes the emotional undercurrents th at bind its people together.