A Master’s Touch (review of A Careless Widow, by V. S. Pritchett)

A Careless Widow, by V. S. Pritchett (Random House, 160 pp., $16.95)

That this collection of stories is superb should be no surprise to anyone familiar with V. S. Pritchett’s work. Think for a moment, though, about his achievement: at age ninety, Pritchett has been writing for nearly seventy years. A critical review at this point would seem impertinent; a celebration is more in order —with some words about how a master writes his stories.