Contemporary Fiction: 50 Short Stories Since 1970
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Book Overview
Fifty remarkable short stories from a range of contemporary fiction authors including Junot Diaz, Amy Tan, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, and more, selected from a survey of more than five hundred... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0743269470
ISBN13:9780743269476
Release Date:January 1999
Publisher:Touchstone
Length:671 Pages
Weight:1.98 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.5" x 9.5"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
I want more volumes like this
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
I didn't want this book to end; the stories were so enjoyable. Some were so intense I had to reread them immediately. I would love to take a writing course to try emulating them or using them as inspiration. One complaint: like many of these anthologies the editors don't give a hint of what to expect. Stories are ordered alphabetically by author's last name, but curiously each leads to the next. This volume is much better than ones that try to pick the best story (or stories) of the year and more enlightening than single author collections.
An excellent collection
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This is a wonderful selection of contemporary short fiction featuring a variety of authors and points of view and a great diversity of subject matter. Stories deal with such varied topics as homosexuality, the Holocaust, Native American mysticism and small time crooks. Women writers are well represented. This collection features some very different choices, including a ghost story from Joyce Carol Oates.This collection will prove an invaluable resource for budding writers and literature majors alike. This would also be a great primer for someone unfamiliar with the most contemporary short fiction.
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