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 Tribune ) Selected from New Directions' collections of Saroyan's early stories ( The Man With the Heart In the Highlands ) and his later work ( Madness In the Family ), Fresno Stories spans his whole remarkable career.
