| New Sudden Fiction: Short-Short Stories from America and Beyond Contributor(s): Shapard, Robert (Editor), Thomas, James (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0393328015 ISBN-13: 9780393328011 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2007 Annotation: All new, with more great writers than ever--these tales told quickly offer pleasures long past their telling. Responding to America's love affair with the short-short, editors Robert Shapard and James Thomas searched thousands of books and magazines to select these sixty stories--each under 2,000 words, each with its own element of surprise, whether traditional, experimental, humorous, moving, or magical. In the process they discovered both new talents and a wealth of celebrated writers, such as Jorge Luis Arzola, Aimee Bender, Teolinda Gersao, Romulus Linney, Yann Martel, Sam Shepard, and Tobias Wolff. Zdravka Evitmova conjures blood drops that cure any disease. Ian Frazier writes public relations for crows. Juan Jose Milas leads an amnesiac husband to an affair in the candlelit darkness of a cathedral with his wife. Students and lovers of literature take note: this is serious writing that's fun to read. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006032221 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.65 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Responding to America's love affair with the short-short, editors Robert Shapard and James Thomas searched thousands of books and magazines to select these sixty stories--each under 2,000 words, each with its own element of surprise, whether traditional, experimental, humorous, moving, or magical. In the process they discovered both new talents and a wealth of celebrated writers, such as Jorge Luis Arzola, Aimee Bender, Teolinda Gers o, Romulus Linney, Yann Martel, Sam Shepard, and Tobias Wolff. Zdravka Evitmova conjures blood drops that cure any disease. Ian Frazier writes public relations for crows. Juan Jos Mil s leads an amnesiac husband to an affair in the candlelit darkness of a cathedral with his wife. These tales told quickly offer pleasures long past their telling. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shapard, Robert: - Robert Shapard directed the University of Hawaii MFA program and now lives in Austin, Texas.Thomas, James: - James Thomas has received a Stegner Fellowship, a Michener Fellowship, and two NEA grants. He lives in Xenia, Ohio. |