Description |
xviii, 366 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents |
Foreword -- Introduction / Jane Smiley -- Orientation / Daniel Orozco -- Way down deep in the jungle / Thom Jones -- The stucco house / Ellen Gilchrist -- A night's work / Jaimy Gordon -- Pity / Avner Mandelman -- Leg / Steven Polansky -- The ugliest house in the world / Peter Ho Davies -- Birthmates / Gish Jen -- The drownings / Edward J. Delaney -- Honored guest / Joy Williams -- The behavior of the hawkweeds / Andrea Barrett -- Hand jive / Andrew Cozine -- So I guess you know what I told him / Stephen Doybyns -- Undertow / Jennifer C. Cornell -- Pagan night / Kate Braverman -- First, body / Melaine Rae Thon -- The Angel Esmeralda / Don DeLillo -- The artist / Edward Falco -- Chiromancy / Max Garland -- Xuela / Jamaica Kincaid -- Contributors' notes -- 100 other distinguished stories of 1994 -- 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 |
Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Fiction.
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Added Author |
Smiley, Jane.
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Kenison, Katrina.
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ISBN |
0395711800 : $24.95 |
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9780395711804 |
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0395711797 paperback |
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9780395711798 paperback |
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