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W. W. Norton & Company
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English
Pages
527

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Subjects

Short stories, American, American fiction -- 20th century, Short stories, Fiction, short stories (single author), American Short stories, American fiction

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Page 1
Alice Adams
Page 7
Barcelona
Page 7
Woody Allen
Page 11
The Kugelmass Episode
Page 11
Margaret Atwood
Page 19
Rape Fantasies
Page 19
John Barth
Page 27
Life-Story
Page 27
Donald Barthelme
Page 37
The Indian Uprising
Page 37
Ann Beattie
Page 42
The Burning House
Page 42
T. Coraghessan Boyle
Page 55
Descent of Man
Page 55
Raymond Carver
Page 64
Where I'm Calling From
Page 64
Robert Coover
Page 78
The Babysitter
Page 78
Mark Costello
Page 100
Murphy's Xmas
Page 100
Andre Dubus
Page 112
A Father's Story
Page 112
Louise Erdrich
Page 130
Saint Marie
Page 130
Irvin Faust
Page 141
Roar Lion Roar
Page 141
Ernest J. Gaines
Page 155
Just Like a Tree
Page 155
Eugene Garber
Page 174
The Poets
Page 174
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Page 197
The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World
Page 197
George Garrett
Page 201
An Evening Performance
Page 201
William Gass
Page 208
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country
Page 208
Oakley Hall
Page 229
Horseman
Page 229
Amy Hempel
Page 249
In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried
Page 249
Jincy Kornhauser
Page 256
Melinda Falling
Page 256
William Kotzwinkle
Page 266
Follow the Eagle
Page 266
Ursula K. Le Guin
Page 270
The New Atlantis
Page 270
David Madden
Page 290
No Trace
Page 290
Susan Minot
Page 308
Lust
Page 308
Alice Munro
Page 316
The Beggar Maid
Page 316
Beth Nugent
Page 343
City of Boys
Page 343
Joyce Carol Oates
Page 355
How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Correction and Began My Life Over Again
Page 355
Tim O'Brien
Page 367
Going After Cacciato
Page 367
Jonathan Penner
Page 384
Emotion Recollected in Tranquillity
Page 384
Jayne Anne Phillips
Page 391
Souvenir
Page 391
Kit Reed
Page 404
Winter
Page 404
Tom Robbins
Page 410
The Chink and the Clock People
Page 410
Mary Robison
Page 424
Coach
Page 424
Janet Beeler Shaw
Page 436
No Place to Be on Christmas
Page 436
Graham Swift
Page 445
Learning to Swim
Page 445
William Trevor
Page 459
Beyond the Pale
Page 459
John Updike
Page 480
The Other
Page 480
Guy Vanderhaeghe
Page 494
Going to Russia
Page 494
Alice Walker
Page 502
Everyday Use
Page 502
Joy Williams
Page 509
Taking Care
Page 509
Tobias Wolff
Page 518
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs
Page 518

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.01/08
Library of Congress
PS648.S5 N67 1988, PS648.S5N67 1988

The Physical Object

Pagination
527 p. ;
Number of pages
527

ID Numbers

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OL2391027M
ISBN 10
0393956199
LCCN
87020380
OCLC/WorldCat
16277577
Library Thing
479509
Goodreads
1136105

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