Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers, showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmed for all time the significance of the short story in our national literature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY brings together the best -- fifty-six extraordinary stories that represent a century's worth of unsurpassed achievements in this quintessentially American literary genre. This expanded edition includes a new story from The Best American Short Stories 1999 to round out the century, as well as an index including every story published in the series. Of all the writers whose work has appeared in the series, only John Updike has been represented in each of the last five decades, from his first appearance, in 1959, to his most recent, in 1998. Updike worked with coeditor Katrina Kenison to choose the finest stories from the years since 1915. The result is "extraordinary . . . A one-volume literary history of this country's immeasurable pains and near-infinite hopes" (Boston Globe).
Author(s): John Updike, Katrina Kenison
Edition: Expanded
Publisher: Mariner Books
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 817
Tags: Библиотека;Зарубежная литература;На английском языке;
Contents......Page 2
Foreword......Page 4
Introduction......Page 12
Rosenblatt......Page 22
Lerner......Page 28
Glaspell......Page 39
Anderson......Page 59
Lardner......Page 66
Toomer......Page 81
Hemingway......Page 89
Cather......Page 98
Coates......Page 121
Porter......Page 126
Faulkner......Page 132
Parker......Page 148
Fitzgerald......Page 157
Godin......Page 174
Saroyan......Page 180
Penn Warren......Page 190
Wright......Page 200
Welty......Page 232
Horgan......Page 245
Nabokov......Page 262
Stafford......Page 271
Gellhorn......Page 285
White......Page 302
Bishop......Page 307
Powers......Page 316
Williams......Page 333
Cheever......Page 346
O'Connor......Page 369
Sargent Hall......Page 390
Roth......Page 405
Elkin......Page 432
Malamud......Page 459
Oates......Page 471
Gavell......Page 487
McPherson......Page 498
Singer......Page 514
Barthelme......Page 524
Brown......Page 528
Adams......Page 541
Brodkey......Page 554
Bellow......Page 560
Updike......Page 586
Ozick......Page 597
Carver......Page 602
Beattie......Page 616
Sontag......Page 621
O'Brien......Page 637
Munro......Page 654
Moore......Page 673
Jones......Page 692
Dark......Page 709
Ferrell......Page 726
Gen......Page 741
Durban......Page 756
Proulx......Page 775
Houston......Page 790
Biographical Notes......Page 810
