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The best American short stories of the century
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Houghton Mifflin
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Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book - Expanded ed.
Zelig / Benjamin Rosenblatt --
Little selves / Mary Lerner --
Jury of her peers / Susan Glaspell --
Other woman / Sherwood Anderson --
Golden honeymoon / Ring Lardner --
Blood-burning moon / Jean Toomer --
Killers / Ernest Hemingway --
Double birthday / Willa Cather --
Wild plums / Grace Stone Coates --
Theft / Katherine Anne Porter --
That evening sun go down / William Faulkner Here we are / Dorothy Parker --
Crazy Sunday / F. Scott Fitzgerald --
My dead brother comes to America / Alexander Godin --
Resurrection of a life / William Saroyan --
Christmas gift / Robert Penn Warren --
Bright and morning star / Richard Wright --
Hitch-hikers / Eudora Welty --
Peach stone / Paul Horgan --
"That in Aleppo once..." / Vladimir Nabokov --
Interior castle / Jean Stafford --
Miami-New York / Martha Gellhorn --
Second tree from the corner / E.B. White --
Farmer's children / Elizabeth Bishop --
Death of a favorite / J.F. Powers --
Resemblance between a violin case and a coffin / Tennessee Williams --
Country husband / John Cheever --
Greenleaf / Flannery O'Connor --
Ledge / Lawrence Sargent Hall --
Defender of the faith / Philip Roth --
Criers and kibitzers, kibitzers and criers / Stanley Elkin --
German refugee / Bernard Malamud --
Where are you going, where have you been? / Joyce Carol Oates --
Rotifer / Mary Ladd Gavell --
Gold Coast / James Alan McPherson --
Key / Isaac Bashevis Singer --
City of churches / Donald Barthelme --
How to win / Rosellen Brown --
Roses, Rhododendron / Alice Adams
Verona: a young woman speaks /
Harold Brodkey --
Silver dish / Saul Bellow --
Gesturing / John Updike --
Shawl / Cynthia Ozick --
Where I'm calling from / Raymond Carver --
Janus / Ann Beattie --
Way we live now / Susan Sontag --
Things they carried / Tim O'Brien --
Meneseteung / Alice Munro --
You're ugly, too / Lorrie Moore --
I want to live! / Thom Jones --
In the gloaming / Alice Elliott Dark --
Proper library / Carolyn Ferrell --
Birthmates / Gish Jen --
Soon / Pam Durban --
Half-skinned steer / Annie Proulx --
Best girlfriend you never had / Pam Houston.
From the Book
Zelig / Benjamin Rosenblatt
Little selves / Mary Lerner
A jury of her peers / Susan Glaspell
The other woman / Sherwood Anderson
The golden honeymoon / Ring Lardner
Blood-burning moon / Jean Toomer
The killers / Ernest Hemingway
Double birthday / Willa Cather
Wild plums / Grace Stone Coates
Theft / Katherine Anne Porter
That evening sun go down / William Faulkner
Here we are / Dorothy Parker
Crazy Sunday / F. Scott Fitzgerald
My dead brother comes to America / Alexander Godin
Resurrection of a life / William Saroyan
Christmas gift / Robert Penn Warren
Bright and morning star / Richard Wright
The hitch-hikers / Eudora Welty
The peach stone / Paul Horgan
"That in Aleppo once..." / Vladimir Nabokov
The interior castle / Jean Stafford
Miami-New York / Martha Gellhorn
The second tree from the corner / E.B. White
The farmer's children / Elizabeth Bishop
Death of a favorite / J.F. Powers
The resemblance between a violin case and a coffin / Tennessee Williams
The country husband / John Cheever
Greenleaf / Flannery O'Connor
The ledge / Lawrence Sargent Hall
Defender of the faith / Philip Roth
Criers and kibitzers, kibitzers and criers / Stanley Elkin
The German refugee / Bernard Malamud
Where are you going, where have you been? / Joyce Carol Oates
The rotifer / Mary Ladd Gavell
Gold Coast / James Alan McPherson
The key / Isaac Bashevis Singer
A city of churches / Donald Barthelme
How to win / Rosellen Brown
Roses, rhododendron / Alice Adams
Verona : a young woman speaks / Harold Brodkey
A silver dish / Saul Bellow
Gesturing / John Updike
The shawl / Cynthia Ozick
Where I'm calling from / Raymond Carver
Janus / Ann Beattie
The way we live now / Susan Sontag
The things they carried / Tim O'Brien
Meneseteung / Alice Munro
You're ugly, too / Lorrie Moore
I want to live ! / Thom Jones
In the gloaming / Alice Elliott Dark
Proper library / Carolyn Ferrell
Birthmates / Gish Jen
Soon / Pam Durban
The half-skinned steer / Annie Proulx.
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