Description |
xvii, 381 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents |
Foreword -- Introduction / E. Annie Proulx -- [pt. 1]. Manners and right behavior -- Saboteur / Ha Jin -- Under the pitons / Robert Stone -- Bob Darling / Carolyn Cooke -- Chez Lambert / Jonathan Franzen -- [pt. 2]. Identifying the stranger -- Transactions / Michelle Cliff -- Nobody in Hollywood / Richard Bausch -- Save my child! / Cynthia Ozick -- Eternal love / Karen E. Bender -- A girl with a monkey / Leonard Michaels -- St. Martin / Lydia Davis -- [pt. 3]. Perceived social values -- Fiesta, 1980 / Junot D'iaz -- From Willow Temple / Donald Hall -- Killing babies / T. Coraghessan Boyle -- Send me to the electric chair / Clyde Edgerton -- Missing women / June Spence -- Air mail / Jeffrey Eugenides -- Soon / Pam Durban -- [pt. 4]. Rites of passage -- Shipmates down under / Michael Byers -- Powder / Tobias Wolff -- Search Bay / Alyson Hagy -- Little frogs in a ditch / Tim Gautreaux -- Contributors' notes -- 100 other distinguished stories of 1996 -- Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories. |
Subject |
Short stories, American.
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Short stories, American. |
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Short stories, American.
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American fiction -- 20th century.
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American fiction. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Short stories, Canadian.
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Short stories, Canadian. |
Genre/Form |
Short stories, Canadian.
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Canadian fiction -- 20th century.
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Canadian fiction. |
Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Fiction.
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Added Author |
Proulx, Annie.
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Kenison, Katrina.
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ISBN |
0395798663 : $25.00 |
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9780395798669 |
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0395798655 paperback |
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9780395798652 paperback |
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