In The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, Joyce Carol Oates offers a sweeping survey of American short fiction, in a collection of fifty-nine tales that combines classic works with many 'different, unexpected gems', and that invites readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. The collection ranges from time-honoured works by Irving, Poe, and Hemingway, to modern classics by authors such as Bharati Mukherjee, Amy Tan, Alice Adams, David Leavitt, Bobbie Ann Mason, and Tim O'Brien.
| ISBN | 0195092627 | | Pages | 782 | | ISBN13 | 9780195092622
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc | | Weight (grammes) | 896 | | Imprint | Oxford University Press Inc | | Published in | New York | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780192824066 | | Publication date | 01 Sep 1994 | | Height (mm) | 214 | | Library of Congress | 92001353 | | Width (mm) | 138 | | DEWEY | 813.0108 | | Spine width (mm) | 35 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | General |
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STORIES INCLUDE; 1. Rip Van Winkle; 2. The Wives of the Dead; 3. The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids; 4. The Tell-Tale Heart; 5. The Ghost in the Mill; 6. Cannibalism in the Cars; 7. The Storm; 8. The Yellow Wallpaper; 9. The Middle Years; 10. In a Far Country; 11. The Little Regiment; 12. A Journey; 13. A Death in the Desert; 14. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place; 15. An Alcoholic Case; 16. The Girl with the Pimply Face; 17. He; 18. Red-Headed Baby; 19. A Late Encounter with the Enemy; 20. Sonny's Blues; 21. There will Come Soft Rains; 22. Where is the Voice Coming From; 23. The Lecture; 24. My Son the Murderer; 25. Something to Remember Me By; 26. The Death of Justina; 27. Texts; 28. The Persistence of Desire; 29. Are These Actual Miles?; 30. Heat
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