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The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction
The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction Author:R. V. Cassill (Compiler) Acclaimed writers R. V. Cassill and Joyce Carol Oates have joined forces for this refreshed and updated edition. With 45 stories, 23 new to this edition, the anthology provides an abundant selection of fiction from 1960 to the present. Readers will appreciate newly included stories from their favorite authors such as Margaret Atwood, Ann Beattie... more », Gabriel Garca Mrquez, and Tim O'Brien, as well as the addition of sixteen new writers, including Julia Alvarez, Richard Ford, Jamaica Kincaid, and Bharati Mukherjee. Biographical notes on all the writers provide a valuable resource for the reader.
Barcelona / Alice Adams --
The Kugelmass episode / Woody Allen --
Rope fantasies / Margaret Atwood --
Life-story / John Barth --
The Indian uprising / Donald Barthelme --
The burning house / Ann Beattie --
Descent of man / T. Coraghessen Boyle --
Where I'm calling from / Raymond Carver --
The baby sitter / Robert Coover --
Murphy's Xmas / Mark Costello --
A father's story / Andre Dubus --
Saint Marie / Louise Erdrich --
Roar lion roar / Irvin Faust --
Just like a tree / Ernest J. Gaines --
The poets / Eugene Garber --
The handsomest drowned man in the world / Gabriel Garcia Marquez --
An evening performance / George Garrett --
In the heart of the heart of the country / William Gass --
Horseman / Oakley Hall --
In the cemetery where Al Jolson is buried / Ann Hempel --
Melinda falling / Jincy Kornhouser --
Follow the eagle / William Kotzwinkle --
The new Atlantis / Ursula K Le Guin --
No trace / David Madden --
Lust / Susan Minot --
The beggar maid / Alice Munro --
City of boys / Beth Nugent --
How I contemplated the world from Detroit House of Correction and began my life over again / Joyce Carol Oates --
Going after Cacciato / Tim O'Brien --
Emotion recollected in tranquility / Jonathan Penner --
Souvenir / Jayne Anne Phillips --
The Chink and the Clock People / Tom Robbins --
Coach / Mary Robison --
No place to be on Christmas / Janet Beeler Shaw --
Learning to swim / Graham Swift --
Beyond thw pale / William Trevor --
The other / John Updike --
Going to Russia / Guy Vanderhaeghe --
Everyday use / Alice Walker --
Taking care / Jay Williams --
In the garden of the North American martyrs / Tobias Wolff.« less
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A collection of short stories by John Updike, Robert Coover, Alice Adams, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Margaret Atwood, Joyce Carol Oates, and Woody Allen (?!) among many others.