| Description |
xxii, 426 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Contributors notes: p. [395]-409. |
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"100 other distinguished stories of 1990": p. [410]-413. |
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"Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories": p. [414]-426. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Introduction / Alice Adams -- The legend of Pig-Eye / Rick Bass -- The disappeared / Charles Baxter -- Love is not a pie / Amy Bloom -- Tall tales from the Mekong Delta / Kate Braverman -- The trip back / Robert Olen Butler -- The point / Charles D'Ambrosio, Jr. -- Oil and water / Millicent Dillon -- Another short day in La Luz / Harriet Doerr -- The custodian / Deborah Eisenberg -- Separation / Mary Gordon -- The body shop / Elizabeth Graver -- Houdini / Siri Hustvedt -- Bologoye / Mikhail Iossel -- Glossolalia / David Jauss -- Viva la Tropicana / Leonard Michaels -- Willing / Lorrie Moore -- Friend of my youth / Alice Munro -- American, abroad / Joyce Carol Oates -- Dog stories / Francine Prose -- A sandstone farmhouse / John Updike -- Contributors' notes -- 100 other distinguished stories of 1990 -- Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories. |
| Subject |
Short stories, American.
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Short stories, American. |
| Genre/Form |
Short stories, American.
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| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Added Author |
Adams, Alice, 1926-1999.
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Kenison, Katrina.
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| ISBN |
0395544106 : $19.95 |
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9780395544105 |
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