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Best American Short Stories 2018 (The Best American Series ®)
Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction. “I am looking for the artful way any given story is conveyed,” writes Roxane Gay in her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2018, “but I also love when a story has a powerful message, when a story teaches me something about the world.” The artful, profound, and sometimes funny stories Gay chose for the collection transport readers from a fraught family reunion to an immigration detention c... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0544582942
- ASIN: 0544582942
- ISBN: 0544582942
- Manufacturer: Best American Paper
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The Best American Short Stories of the Century (The Best American Series ®)
Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers, showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmed for all time the significance of the short story in our national literature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY brings together the best of the best - fifty-five extraordinary stories that represent a century's worth of unsurpassed accomplishments in this quintessentially American literary genre. Here are the stories that have endured the test of time: masterworks by such writers as Ernest He... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0395843677
- UPC: 046442843676
- ASIN: 0395843677
- ISBN: 0395843677
- Brand: Mariner Books
- Manufacturer: Mariner Books
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100 Years of The Best American Short Stories (The Best American Series ®)
The Best American Short Stories is the longest running and best-selling series of short fiction in the country. For the centennial celebration of this beloved annual series, master of the form Lorrie Moore selects forty stories from the more than two thousand that were published in previous editions. Series editor Heidi Pitlor recounts behind-the-scenes anecdotes and examines, decade by decade, the trends captured over a hundred years. Together, the stories and commentary offer an extraordinary guided tour through a century of literature with what Moore calls “all its wildnesses of characte... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0547485859
- ASIN: 0547485859
- ISBN: 0547485859
- Brand: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
- Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to the Present
In 1969, Little, Brown and Company published The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, edited by Langston Hughes - the classic compendium of African-American short fiction from 1897 to 1967. Now, a quarter of a century later, Gloria Naylor has compiled an encore volume, Children of the Night, bringing this extraordinary series up to date. Gathering together the most gifted black writers of our time - from 1967 to the present - Naylor has assembled a rich and varied collection of stories. The portrait that emerges of the African-American experience in the post-Civil Rights era is stirring, compe... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0316599239
- ASIN: 0316599239
- ISBN: 0316599239
- Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
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Great Short Stories by African-American Writers (Dover Thrift Editions)
Offering diverse perspectives on the black experience, this anthology of short fiction spotlights works by influential African-American authors. Nearly 30 outstanding stories include tales by W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Jamaica Kincaid. From the turn of the twentieth century come Alice Ruth Moore's "A Carnival Jangle," Charles W. Chesnutt's "Uncle Wellington’s Wives," and Paul Laurence Dunbar's "The Scapegoat." Other stories include "Becky" by Jean Toomer; "Afternoon" by Ralph Ellison; Langston Hughes's "Feet Live Their Own Life"; and "Jesus Christ in Texas" by W.... [Read More]
- ASIN: 048647139X
- UPC: 800759471393
- ASIN: 048647139X
- ISBN: 9780486471396
- Brand: Blaisdell, Bob (EDT)
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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The Best Short Stories of O. Henry (Modern Library (Hardcover))
The more than 600 stories written by O. Henry provided an embarrassment of riches for the compilers of this volume. The final selection of the thirty-eight stories in this collection offers for the reader's delight those tales honored almost unanimously by anthologists and those that represent, in variety and balance, the best work of America's favorite storyteller. They are tales in his most mellow, humorous, and ironic moods. They give the full range and flavor of the man born William Sydney Porter but known throughout the world as O. Henry, one of the great masters of the short sto... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0679601228
- ASIN: 0679601228
- ISBN: 0679601228
- Brand: Modern Library
- Manufacturer: Modern Library
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Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real (Modern Library Classics)
Celia Correas de Zapata, an internationally recognized expert in the field of Latin American fiction written by women, has collected stories by thirty-one authors from fourteen countries, translated into English by such renowned scholars and writers as Gregory Rabassa and Margaret Sayers Peden. Contributors include Dora Alonso, Rosario Ferré, Elena Poniatowska, Ana Lydia Vega, and Luisa Valenzuela. The resulting book is a literary tour de force, stories written by women in this hemisphere that speak to cultures throughout the world. In her Foreword, Isabel Allende states, “This anthology is... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0812967070
- ASIN: 0812967070
- ISBN: 0812967070
- Brand: Brand: Modern Library
- Manufacturer: Modern Library
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American Short Story Masterpieces: A Rich Selection of Recent Fiction from America's Best Modern Writers
This highly acclaimed collection of short stories by American writers contains only the best literary art of the past four decades. Editors Raymond Carver and Tom Jenks have selected fiction that “tells a story”–and tells it with a masterful handling of language, situation, and insight. But what is so special about this volume is that it mirrors our age, our concerns, and our lives. Whether it’s the end of a marriage, as in Bobbie Ann Manson’s “Shiloh,” or the struggle with self-esteem and weight in Andre Dubus’s “The Fat Girl,” the 36 works included her probe issues that ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0440204232
- ASIN: 0440204232
- ISBN: 0440204232
- Brand: 2049145481
- Manufacturer: Dell
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Modern Irish Short Stories
A collection of 26 twentieth-century Irish short stories, including works by Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, and W.B. Yeats. “The features of this volume which separate it from other anthologies are the quality and breadth of its selections and the fine introduction by the editor.”—The Journal of Irish Literature “An excellent selection. Each of the 26 writers represented in this collection has his own unmistakable tone . . . proof that Irish writers, perhaps like no others, excel in this brief form.”—Spectator “You will keep this book and read parts of it again and again. . ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0140246991
- ASIN: 0140246991
- ISBN: 0140246991
- Manufacturer: Penguin Books
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The World's Greatest Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
Wonderfully wide-ranging and enjoyable, this outstanding collection features short stories by great 19- and 20th-century writers from America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Western Europe. Included are Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," in which two waiters and a lonely customer in a Spanish cafe confront the concept of nothingness; "A & P," John Updike's most anthologized story and one of his most popular; "Borges and I," typical Jorge Luis Borges — imaginative, philosophical, and mysterious; as well as short masterpieces by Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Herman Melville, Thomas Man... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0486447162
- UPC: 800759447169
- ASIN: 0486447162
- ISBN: 0486447162
- Brand: imusti
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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The Best American Short Stories 2017 (The Best American Series ®)
Best-selling author Meg Wolitzer guest edits the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction. “If you know exactly what you are going to get from the experience of reading a story, you probably wouldn’t go looking for it; you need, in order to be an open reader of fiction, to be willing. To cast a vote for what you love and then wait for the outcome,” writes Meg Wolitzer in her introduction. The Best American Short Stories 2017 casts a vote for and celebrates all that is our country. Here you’ll find a man with a boyfriend and a girlfriend, naval officers trapped on ... [Read More]
- ASIN: B01N7HZA3K
- ASIN: B01N7HZA3K
- Brand: Unknown
- Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century
Since its first printing in 1954, this outstanding anthology has been the book of choice by teachers, students, and lovers of short fiction. Surveying stories by British and American writers in the first half of the twentieth century, editors Robert Penn Warren and Albert Erskine selected stories that broke new ground and challenged the imagination with their style, subject matter, or tone: the unforgettable, enduring works that shaped the literature of our time.A truly exceptional collection of great stories, including:The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen CraneThe Horse Dealer’s Daughte... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0440378648
- ASIN: 0440378648
- ISBN: 0440378648
- Manufacturer: Dell
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Writers of the Future Vol 33 (L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future)
Internationally acclaimed anthology of award winning science fiction and fantasy short stories. Explore diverse new universes of possibility through a variety of creative and fresh new ideas—all in one anthology. From dragons to mythical death dealers, from murder on the moon to deep space mystery, these stories bring you the hot new talent in science fiction, fantasy & horror. Enjoy these award-winning stories & illustrations, with bonus stories by New York Times bestselling authors Robert J. Sawyer, Todd McCaffrey & L. Ron Hubbard. Learn how to write or improve your craft with tips f... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1619865297
- ASIN: 1619865297
- ISBN: 1619865297
- Brand: GALAXY
- Manufacturer: Galaxy Press
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The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories
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- ASIN: 156980124X
- ASIN: 156980124X
- ISBN: 156980124X
- Manufacturer: Barricade Books Inc
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THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF DOSTOEVSKY, Modern Library 293
The Best Short Stories Of Dostoevsky, Modern Library 293 - With a writer of such great genius and such a vast output as Fyodor Dostoevsky it is perhaps natural that criticism should be concerned mainly with his larger works. And yet it is in Dostoevsky's smaller works that we find the highest expression of his creative power and profundity of thought. In these smaller works we find reflected as in a convex mirror the whole immensity of Dostoevsky's world, concentrated with gem-like brilliance and startling clarity. Here and there in Dostoevsky's great novels passages occur which reveal an inab... [Read More]
- ASIN: B008SY4KRO
- ASIN: B008SY4KRO
- Manufacturer: Modern Library
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American Short Story Masterpieces : A Rich Selection of Recent Fiction from America's Best Modern Writers
This collection of thirty-six classic short stories from the fifties to the eighties features works by authors such as James Baldwin, Barry Hannah, Bernard Halamud, Flannery O'Connor, Philip Roth, Anne Beattie, and Tobias
- UPC: 446464
- Rating: 5.0
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Children of the Night : The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to Present
In 1969, Little, Brown and Company published The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, edited by Langston Hughes - the classic compendium of African-American short fiction from 1897 to 1967. Now, a quarter of a
- UPC: 53328607
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Best Short Stories of the Modern Age
Stylistic and thematic trends in the development of the short story are demonstrated in major works by twenty outstanding writers from Edgar Allan Poe to Lawrence Sargeant
- UPC: 441345
- Rating: 4.0
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The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain - eBook
This unique collection of Twain’s essential short stories and semiautobiographical narratives is a testament to the author’s vast imagination. Featuring popular tales such as “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” and “The Man That Corrupted
- UPC: 466072779
- Rating: 3.0
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The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky
Presents a collection of short stories by the Russian author, including "White Nights," "The Peasant Marey," and "A Gentle
- UPC: 1064828
- Rating: 4.25
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The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky - eBook
This collection, unique to the Modern Library, gathers seven of Dostoevsky's key works and shows him to be equally adept at the short story as with the novel. Exploring many of the same themes as
- UPC: 455411946
- Rating: 4.25
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The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain
Collects several of Mark Twain's short stories, including "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog," "Political Economy," and "Extracts from Adam's
- UPC: 2368996
- Rating: 3.0
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Writers of the Future Volume 34 : The Best New Sci Fi and Fantasy Short Stories of the Year
"Presenting this year's collection of fresh voices, fabulous worlds, and fantastic new characters. Each year, the Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests blue-ribbon judges search the world to discover and introduce to you the
- UPC: 556311013
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Best Short Stories from Great Writers - eBook
A collection of some of the best short stories from great writers ranging from Balzac, Chekov, Maupassant to Zola among many others. This special edition edited by Ozdemir brings some of the works of the
- UPC: 441990407
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Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers - eBook
A PELTING rain volleyed against the great glass dome of the terminus, a roaring wind boomed in the roof. Passengers, hurrying along the platform, glistened in big coats and tweed caps pulled close over their
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