The art of the short story
Book - 2006
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- Published
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New York :
Pearson Longman
[2006]
- Language
- English
- Other Authors
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- Item Description
- "52 great authors, their best short fiction, and their insights on writing"--Cover.
- Physical Description
- xii, 926 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBN
- 9780321363633
9780321337221
- About the Authors
- I. Introduction
- The Art of the Short Story
- II. Stories
- Chinua Achebe, Nigerian
- Dead Men's Path
- Author's Perspective: Achebe on Modern Africa as the Crossroads of Culture
- Sherwood Anderson, American
- Hands
- Author's Perspective: Anderson on Words Not Plot Give Form to a Short Story
- Margaret Atwood, Canadian
- Happy Endings
- Author's Perspective: Atwood on the Canadian Identity
- James Baldwin, American
- Sonny's Blues
- Author's Perspective: Baldwin on Race and the African-American Writer
- Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine
- The Garden of Forking Paths
- Author's Perspective: Borges on Literature as Experience
- Albert Camus, French, Born in Algeria
- The Guest
- Author's Perspective: Camus on Revolution and Repression in Algeria
- Raymond Carver, American
- Cathedral
- A Small Good Thing
- Author's Perspective: Carver on Commonplace but Precise Language
- Willa Cather, American
- Paul's Case
- Author's Perspective: Cather on Art as the Process of Simplification
- John Cheever, American
- The Swimmer
- Author's Perspective: Cheever on Why I Write Short Stories
- Anton Chekhov, Russian
- The Lady with the Pet Dog
- Misery
- Author's Perspective: Chekhov on Natural Description and "The Center of Gravity."
- Kate Chopin, American
- The Storm
- The Story of an Hour
- Author's Perspective: Chopin on Her Writing Method
- Sandra Cisner
