Eleven of William Saroyan's most delightful tales, Fresno Stories springs straight from the source of the author's vision―'the archetypal Armenian families who inhabit Saroyan country, in and around Fresno, California.' (Chicago Tri...

"Marvelously captivating." — The New York Times. First published in 1940, Saroyan's international bestseller recounts the exploits of an Armenian clan in northern California at the turn of the 20th century. Based on the ...

Mr. Saroyan's first novel, long-awaited but never really expected, is almost exactly what one would have expected if one had really expected a novel out of Saroyan. Though it is a fairly short novel, it succeeds, like his stories and ...

The best advice I ever got as a writer I got from Saroyan in the preface to his wonderful collection, 'The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze'. I pass it along to you, to any young writer, whatever the age, who might need the rem...