Author: John Updike
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395843673
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
Including one new story and an Index by author of every story that has ever appeared in the series, this new volume offers a "spectacular tapestry of fictional achievement" ("Entertainment Weekly").
The Best American Short Stories of the Century
Author: John Updike
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395843673
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
Including one new story and an Index by author of every story that has ever appeared in the series, this new volume offers a "spectacular tapestry of fictional achievement" ("Entertainment Weekly").
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395843673
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
Including one new story and an Index by author of every story that has ever appeared in the series, this new volume offers a "spectacular tapestry of fictional achievement" ("Entertainment Weekly").
100 Years of the Best American Short Stories
Author: Lorrie Moore
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547485859
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 753
Book Description
Collects forty short stories published between 1915 and 2015, from writers that include Ernest Hemingway, John Updike, and Alice Munro that exemplify their era and stand the test of time --
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547485859
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 753
Book Description
Collects forty short stories published between 1915 and 2015, from writers that include Ernest Hemingway, John Updike, and Alice Munro that exemplify their era and stand the test of time --
The Best American Short Stories 2003
Author: Katrina Kenison
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618197330
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Best-selling author Walter Mosley has selected the year's top fiction from voices well-known and new. Here several authors bring their stories to vivid life for a banner audio edition.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618197330
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Best-selling author Walter Mosley has selected the year's top fiction from voices well-known and new. Here several authors bring their stories to vivid life for a banner audio edition.
The Best American Short Stories 2015
Author: T.C. Boyle
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547939434
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
The acclaimed author presents an anthology of “confrontational and at times confounding . . . stories to get lost in” by Colum McCann, Victor Lodato and others (Kirkus Reviews). In his introduction to this one hundredth volume of the beloved Best American Short Stories, guest editor T. C. Boyle writes, “The Model T gave way to the Model A and to the Ferrari and the Prius . . . modernism to postmodernism and post-postmodernism. We advance. We progress. We move on. But we are part of a tradition.” Boyle’s choices of stories reflect a vibrant range of characters, from a numb wife who feels alive only in the presence of violence to a new widower coming to terms with his sudden freedom, from a missing child to a champion speedboat racer. These stories will grab hold and surprise, which according to Boyle is “what the best fiction offers, and there was no shortage of such in this year’s selections.” The Best American Short Stories 2011 includes entries by Denis Johnson, Louise Erdrich, Elizabeth McCracken, Aria Beth Sloss, Thomas McGuane, and others.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547939434
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
The acclaimed author presents an anthology of “confrontational and at times confounding . . . stories to get lost in” by Colum McCann, Victor Lodato and others (Kirkus Reviews). In his introduction to this one hundredth volume of the beloved Best American Short Stories, guest editor T. C. Boyle writes, “The Model T gave way to the Model A and to the Ferrari and the Prius . . . modernism to postmodernism and post-postmodernism. We advance. We progress. We move on. But we are part of a tradition.” Boyle’s choices of stories reflect a vibrant range of characters, from a numb wife who feels alive only in the presence of violence to a new widower coming to terms with his sudden freedom, from a missing child to a champion speedboat racer. These stories will grab hold and surprise, which according to Boyle is “what the best fiction offers, and there was no shortage of such in this year’s selections.” The Best American Short Stories 2011 includes entries by Denis Johnson, Louise Erdrich, Elizabeth McCracken, Aria Beth Sloss, Thomas McGuane, and others.
The Stories of John Cheever
Author: John Cheever
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307743985
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1093
Book Description
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A seminal collection from one of the true masters of the short story. Spanning the duration of Cheever’s long and distinguished career, these sixty-one stories chronicle and encapsulate the lives of what has been called “the greatest generation.” From the early wonder and disillusionment of city life in “The Enormous Radio” to the surprising discoveries and common mysteries of suburbia in “The Housebreaker of Shady Hill” and “The Swimmer,” these are tales that have helped define the form. Featuring a preface by the Pulizter Prize-winning author, The Stories of John Cheever brings together some of the finest short stories ever written. "Cheever’s crowning achievement is the ability to be simultaneously generous and cynical, to see that the absurd and the profound can reside in the same moment, and to acknowledge both at the detriment of neither." —The Guardian
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307743985
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1093
Book Description
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A seminal collection from one of the true masters of the short story. Spanning the duration of Cheever’s long and distinguished career, these sixty-one stories chronicle and encapsulate the lives of what has been called “the greatest generation.” From the early wonder and disillusionment of city life in “The Enormous Radio” to the surprising discoveries and common mysteries of suburbia in “The Housebreaker of Shady Hill” and “The Swimmer,” these are tales that have helped define the form. Featuring a preface by the Pulizter Prize-winning author, The Stories of John Cheever brings together some of the finest short stories ever written. "Cheever’s crowning achievement is the ability to be simultaneously generous and cynical, to see that the absurd and the profound can reside in the same moment, and to acknowledge both at the detriment of neither." —The Guardian
The Best American Short Stories 2021
Author: Jesmyn Ward
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328485390
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
"In her introduction, guest editor Jesmyn Ward says that the best fiction offers the reader a 'sense of repair.' The stories in this year's collection accomplish just that, immersing the reader in powerfully imagined worlds and allowing them to bring some tof that power into their own lives"--Cover.
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328485390
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
"In her introduction, guest editor Jesmyn Ward says that the best fiction offers the reader a 'sense of repair.' The stories in this year's collection accomplish just that, immersing the reader in powerfully imagined worlds and allowing them to bring some tof that power into their own lives"--Cover.
The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195092622
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
This volume offers a survey of American short fiction in 59 tales that combine classic works with 'different, unexpected gems', which invite readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Authors include: Amy Tan, Alice Adams, David Leavitt and Tim O'Brien.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195092622
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
This volume offers a survey of American short fiction in 59 tales that combine classic works with 'different, unexpected gems', which invite readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Authors include: Amy Tan, Alice Adams, David Leavitt and Tim O'Brien.
Black American Short Stories
Author: John Henrik Clarke
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374523541
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
A collection of short stories by African-American authors.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374523541
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
A collection of short stories by African-American authors.
20th Century American Short Stories
Author: Jean A. McConochie
Publisher: Heinle & Heinle Pub
ISBN: 9780838461464
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
A collection of twentieth-century Amrican short stories designed specifically for the ESL/EFL students.
Publisher: Heinle & Heinle Pub
ISBN: 9780838461464
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
A collection of twentieth-century Amrican short stories designed specifically for the ESL/EFL students.
The Best American Noir of the Century
Author: Otto Penzler
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547577443
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 755
Book Description
A treasure trove of a hundred years' worth of the finest noir writing selected by James Ellroy
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547577443
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 755
Book Description
A treasure trove of a hundred years' worth of the finest noir writing selected by James Ellroy