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Paperback The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Stories Since 1970 Book

ISBN: 1416532277

ISBN13: 9781416532279

The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Stories Since 1970

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Customer Reviews

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Rated 5 stars
I want more volumes like this

I didn't want this book to end; the stories were so enjoyable. Some were so intense I had to reread them immediately. I would love to take a writing course to try emulating them or using them as inspiration. One complaint: like many of these anthologies the editors don't give a hint of what to expect. Stories are ordered alphabetically by author's last name, but curiously each leads to the next. This volume is much better...

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Rated 5 stars
An excellent collection

This is a wonderful selection of contemporary short fiction featuring a variety of authors and points of view and a great diversity of subject matter. Stories deal with such varied topics as homosexuality, the Holocaust, Native American mysticism and small time crooks. Women writers are well represented. This collection features some very different choices, including a ghost story from Joyce Carol Oates.This collection will...

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