Description |
vii, 358 pages ; 21 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Editor's note -- Dimmer / Williams, Joy -- Another drunk gambler / Nova, Criag -- City Boy / Michaels, Leonard -- Emmy Moore's journal / Bowles, Jane -- Bangkok / Salters, James -- Car crash while hitchhiking / Johnson, Denis -- Pelican song / Hughes, Mary-Beth -- Frunes, the memorious / Borges, Jorge Luis -- Old birds / Cooper, Bernard -- Except for the sickness I'm quite healthy now. You can believe that. / Glynn, Thomas -- Likely lake / Robinson, Mary - Several garlic tales / Barthelme, Donald -- Why don't you dance / Carver, Raymond -- The Palace thief / Canin, Ethan -- Flying carpets / Millhauser, Steven -- Dinner at the bank of England / Davenport, Guy -- Lying presences / Rush, Norman -- Ten stories from Flaubert / Davis, Lydia -- The Beau monde of Mrs. Bridge / Connell, Evan S. -- Night flight to Stockholm / Wiebe, Dallas. |
Summary |
"Twenty contemporary authors introduce twenty sterling examples of the short story from the pages of The Paris Review"--Cover. |
Subject |
Short story -- Authorship.
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Genre |
Short stories.
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Added Author |
Stein, Lorin, editor.
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Stein, Sadie, editor.
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Paris review.
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Added Title |
Paris Review presents the art of the short story. |
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Art of the short story |
ISBN |
9781250005984 |
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1250005981 |
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9781250016188 |
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1250016185 |
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