Amy Hempel is a master of the short story. This celebrated volume gathers together her complete work -- four short collections of stunning stories about marriages, minor disasters, and moments of revelation. <P> With her inimitable compassion and wit, Hempel introduces characters who make choices that seem inevitable, and whose longings and misgivings evoke eternal human experience. <P> For readers who have known Hempel's work for decades and for those who are just discovering her, this indispensable volume contains all the stories in <I>Reasons to Live</i>, <I>At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom</i>, <I>Tumble Home</i>, and <I>The Dog of the Marriage</i>. No reader of great writing should be without it.