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The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories
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An anthology featuring contemporary masters of the short story around the globe, including Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Joyce Carol Oates, Martin Amis, and moreFollowing the immense success of The Art of the Tale, Daniel Halpern has assembled the next generation of short-story writers—those born after 1937—to create a companion volume, The Art of the Story. Attesting to the depth, range, and continued popularity of short fiction, this collection includes seventy-eight contributors from thirty-five countries. The Art of the Story combines the best of the established masters as well as the fresh, new voices of writers whose work has seldom been translated into English.
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| Weight | 4.12 kg |
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| Dimensions | 3.92 × 15.45 × 23.2 cm |
| PubliCanadation City/Country | USA |
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| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 688 |
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| Year Published | 2000-11-1 |
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| ISBN 10 | 0140296387 |
| About The Author | Daniel Halpern is the author of eight collections of poetry, and has received numerous grants and awards (including fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the 1993 PEN Publisher Citation). For twenty-five years he edited the literary magazine Antaeus. He is currently Editorial Director of The Ecco Press/HarperCollins and divides his time between Princeton, New Jersey and New York City. |
"A grand convocation of writers from across the globe – middle-aged and young, famous and obscure."-Newsweek "One of the best primers to appear in years . . . Running the gamut from high farce to domestic realism, these tales celebrate the artistic liveliness of short fiction today." -Boston Phoenix |
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| Table Of Content | The Art of the StoryPreface Ama Ata Aidoo, GhanaA Gift from SomewhereHanan Al-Shaykh, LebanonThe Keeper of the VirginsJulia Alvarez, United StatesAmor DivinoMartin Amis, EnglandThe ImmortalsReinaldo Arenas, CubaThe Glass TowerMargaret Atwood, CanadaWilderness TipsToni Cade Bambara, United StatesGorilla, My LoveRussell Banks, United StatesMy Mother's Memoirs, My Father's Lie, and Other True StoriesNicola Barker, EnglandG-StringJulian Barnes, EnglandEvermoreRichard Bausch, United StatesAren't You Happy for Me?Ann Beattie, United StatesIn AmalfiT. Coraghessan Boyle, United StatesRara AvisRobert Olen Butler, United StatesMr. GreenPeter Carey, AustraliaThe Fat Man in HistoryAngela Carter, EnglandThe Courtship of Mr. LyonRaymond Carver, United StatesAre These Actual Miles?Patrick Chamoiseau, MartiniqueThe Old Man Slave and the MastiffVikram Chandra, IndiaDharmaSandra Cisneros, United StatesNever Marry a MexicanJim Crace, EnglandThe Prospect from the Silver HillsEdwidge Danticat, HaitiNight WomenLydia Davis, United StatesThe House BehindDaniele del Giudice, ItalyAll Because of the MistakeJunot Díaz, Dominican RepublicYsraelPatricia Duncker, EnglandBetrayalDuong Thu Huong, VietnamReflections of SpringDeborah Eisenberg, United StatesThe Girl Who Left Her Sock on the FloorNathan Englander, United StatesThe Twenty-seventh ManVictor Erofeyev, RussiaThe ParakeetPéter Esterházy, HungaryRoberto NarratesNuruddin Farah, SomaliaMy Father, The Englishman, and IRichard Ford, United StatesOptimistsEduardo Galeano, UruguayThe Story of the Lizard Who Had the Habit of Dining on His WivesHervé Guibert, FranceThe HammamAbdulrazak Gurnah, TanzaniaEscortBarry Hannah, United StatesMidnight and I'm Not Famous YetPeter Høeg, DenmarkPortrait of the Avant-GardePawel Huelle, PolandMoving HouseKazuo Ishiguro, EnglandA Family SupperRoy Jacobsen, NorwayEncounterEdward P. Jones, United StatesThe First DayJames Kelman, ScotlandRemember Young CecilHanif Kureishi, EnglandIntimacyTorgny Lindgren, SwedenThe Stump-GrubberBobbie Ann Mason, United StatesWishColum McCann, IrelandEverything in This Country MustIan McEwan, WalesPornographySteven Millhauser, United StatesBehind the Blue CurtainLorrie Moore, United StatesWillingMary Morris, United StatesThe LifeguardMohammed Mrabet, MoroccoThe CanebrakeBharati Mukherjee, IndiaThe Management of GriefMurathan Mungan, TurkeyMuradhan and Selvihan or The Tale of the Crystal KioskHaruki Murakami, JapanThe Elephant VanishesJoyce Carol Oates, United StatesMark of SatanBen Okri, NigeriaIn the Shadow of WarAmos Oz, IsraelWhere the Jackals HowlVictor Pelevin, RussiaThe Life and Adventures of Shed Number XIIFrancine Prose, United StatesTalking DogSalman Rushdie, EnglandThe Free RadioKen Saro-Wiwa, NigeriaAfrica Kills Her SunIngo Schulze, GermanyThe RingGraham Swift, EnglandLearning to SwimAntonio Tabucchi, ItalyA RiddleNgugi wa Thiong'o, KenyaMinutes of GloryTatyana Tolstaya, RussiaOn the Golden PorchRose Tremain, EnglandJohn-JinLuisa Valenzuela, ArgentinaWho, Me a Bum?Edmund White, United StatesCinnamon SkinZoë Wicomb, South AfricaYou Can't Get Lost in Cape TownJohn Edgar Wideman, United StatesDoc's StoryJoy Williams, United StatesThe FarmJeanne Wilmot, United StatesDirt AngelJeanette Winterson, EnglandThe Green ManTobias Wolff, United StatesThe Night in QuestionCan Xue, ChinaThe Child Who Raised Poisonous SnakesBanana Yoshimoto, JapanHelixBiographical Notes |
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