| The Oxford Book of English Short Stories Contributor(s): Byatt, A. S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0199561605 ISBN-13: 9780199561605 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $18.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009464536 |
| Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.75 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From Anthony Trollope, Charles Dickens, and Thomas Hardy, through Rudyard Kipling, H.G. Wells, D.H. Lawrence, and Virginia Woolf, right up to Graham Greene, J.G. Ballard, Angela Carter, Ian McEwan, and many others, The Oxford Book of English Short Stories encompasses comedy and tragedy, farce and delicacy, elegance and the grotesque. Edited by noted novelist A. S. Byatt, the thirty-seven stories gathered here range from social realism to surreal fantasy, from rural poverty to war-blitzed London, from tales of the supernatural to precise delineations of the mundane, all unified by Byatts demanding criteria that the works be both startling and satisfying, and if possible make the hairs on the neck prickle with excitement, aesthetic or narrative. For short story lovers and anyone unable to resist the enchantments of the English imagination, The Oxford Book of English Short Stories offers a wide array of unforgettable pleasures, now reissued with a fresh, contemporary feel. |