Description |
xxviii, 410 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents |
Foreword -- Introduction / Amy Tan -- The hermit's Story / Rick Bass -- The sun, the moon, the stars / Junot Díaz -- Mrs. Dutta writes a letter / Chitra Divakaruni -- Kansas / Stephen Dobyns -- The tumblers / Nathan Englander -- The piano tuner / Tim Gautreaux -- The uncharted heart / Melissa Hardy -- The 5:22 / George Harrar -- Islands / A. Hemon -- the best girlfriend you never had / Pam Houston -- In the kindergarten / Ha Jin -- Marry the one who gets there first / Heidi Julavits -- Live life king-sized / Hester Kaplan -- Africans / Sheilia Kohler -- Interpreter of maladies / Jhumpa Lahiri -- Real estate / Lorrie Moore -- Save the reaper / Alice Munro -- The bunchgrass edge of the world / Annie Proulx -- The robbers of Karnataka / James Spencer -- The good shopkeeper / Samrat Upadhyay -- The rest of her life / Steve Yarbrough -- Contributors' notes -- 100 other distinguished stories of 1998 -- 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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Subject |
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 |
Tan, Amy.
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Kenison, Katrina.
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ISBN |
0395926831 |
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9780395926833 |
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