This cycle of short stories lays bare the life of a small town in the American Mid-west. The central character is George Willard, a young reporter on the Winesb... » 

This cycle of short stories lays bare the life of a small town in the American Mid-west. The central character is George Willard, a young reporter on the Winesburg Eagle to whom, one by one, the town's inhabitants confide their hopes, their dreams, and their fears. «