''Letters from 74 Rue Taitbout or Don't Go But If You Must Say Hello To Everybody'' is a book of

short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...

in the form of letters by

William Saroyan William Saroyan (; August 31, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film ''T ...

. The stories often recollect meetings, relationships, observations, ask questions and wonder what happened to some of the people from Saroyan's past.

Contents of the book

#"To The Only One" #"Armenak of Bitlis" #"Dr. Freud, Dr. Jung, and Dr. Adler" #" Hovagim Saroyan" #"

Calouste Gulbenkian Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (, Western hy, Գալուստ Կիւլպէնկեան; 23 March 1869 – 20 July 1955), nicknamed "Mr Five Per Cent", was a British-Armenian businessman and philanthropist. He played a major role in making the petrole ...

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Guy de Maupassant Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, as well as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives, destin ...

" #"The Match Girl" #"Prof-Kalfayan" #"Sammy Isaacs" #"Al Devarine" #" Samuel L. Clemens" #"Dikran Saroyan" #"Joe Gould" #"Miss Carmichael, Miss Thompson, Miss Brockington, Miss Clifford, Miss Chambers" #"

Honoré de Balzac Honoré de Balzac ( , more commonly , ; born Honoré Balzac;Jean-Louis Dega, La vie prodigieuse de Bernard-François Balssa, père d'Honoré de Balzac : Aux sources historiques de La Comédie humaine, Rodez, Subervie, 1998, 665 p. 20 May 179 ...

" #"Sam Catanzaro" #"Vahan Minasian" #"Geoffrey Faber" #"Robert McAlmon" #"Lawrence Colt" #"Yeghishe Charentz" #"

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...

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Carl Sandburg Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his lifetime, Sandburg ...

" #"Emory L. Ralston" #"Dr. Harold Fraser" #" Benito Mussolini" #"

The Lion of Judah ''The Lion of Judah'' is a 2011 South African-American computer-animated Christian comedy-drama film produced by Animated Family Films, distributed by Rocky Mountain Pictures and starring Scott Eastwood, Georgina Cordova, Sandi Patty, Anupam Kher, ...

" #"Jacob Ahbood" #"Dr. Anoushavan Chomp" #" L. B. Mayer" #"Anybody"

References

* ''Letters from 74 Rue Taitbout or Don't Go But If You Must Say Hello To Everybody'', by William Saroyan 1971 books Works by William Saroyan Novels set in California Novels set during World War II San Joaquin Valley Cultural depictions of Sigmund Freud Cultural depictions of Carl Jung Cultural depictions of Adolf Hitler Cultural depictions of Benito Mussolini Cultural depictions of Haile Selassie Cultural depictions of Honoré de Balzac Cultural depictions of Mark Twain {{1970s-WWII-novel-stub