The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories
by Daniel Halpern (Editor)
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An anthology of some 80 stories, including two dozen translations. The latter range from The Elephant Vanishes, a look at Japanese society by Haruki Murakami, to My Father, the Englishman, and I, a satire on colonialism by the Somalian, Nuruddin Farah.Tags
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not surprisingly it was a mixed bag. felt like could have represented global writing with more diversity. but there were some stand out selections by Richard Wright and James Baldwin.
A nice compilation of short stories from around the world. Good diversity of authors, though the stories are not always the most representative works.
Fantastic collection of contemporary short stories from around the world. I love the variety of styles and traditions represented in this one volume.
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"The House Behind" by Lydia Davis (5 stars).
"The Twenty-seventh Man" by Nathan Englander (5 stars)
"The Night In Question" by Tobias Wolff (5 stars)
"While The Women Sleep" by Javier Marias (5 stars)
“A Temporary Matter” by Jhumpa Lahiri (5 stars)
"First Confession" by by Frank O’Connor (5 stars)
"The House Behind" by Lydia Davis (5 stars).
"The Twenty-seventh Man" by Nathan Englander (5 stars)
"The Night In Question" by Tobias Wolff (5 stars)
"While The Women Sleep" by Javier Marias (5 stars)
“A Temporary Matter” by Jhumpa Lahiri (5 stars)
"First Confession" by by Frank O’Connor (5 stars)
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"The House Behind" by Lydia Davis (5 stars).
"The Twenty-seventh Man" by Nathan Englander (5 stars)
"The Night In Question" by Tobias Wolff (5 stars)
"While The Women Sleep" by Javier Marias (5 stars)
“A Temporary Matter” by Jhumpa Lahiri (5 stars)
"First Confession" by by Frank O’Connor (5 stars)
"The House Behind" by Lydia Davis (5 stars).
"The Twenty-seventh Man" by Nathan Englander (5 stars)
"The Night In Question" by Tobias Wolff (5 stars)
"While The Women Sleep" by Javier Marias (5 stars)
“A Temporary Matter” by Jhumpa Lahiri (5 stars)
"First Confession" by by Frank O’Connor (5 stars)
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Daniel Halpern was born on September 11, 1945 in Syracuse, New York. He received a master of fine arts degree from Columbia University in 1972. He has been an instructor in poetry at Princeton University, New School of Social Research, and Columbia University. He began working at Ecco Press in New York City in 1969, and later became show more editor-in-chief. He has written several collections of poetry including Traveling on Credit, Tango and Something Shining: Poems. He has edited anthologies of both poetry and prose including Dante's Inferno: Translations by Twenty Contemporary Poets, The American Poetry Anthology, and The Art of the Tale: An International Anthology of Short Stories. He has won several awards and honors as an editor including the Jessie Rehder Poetry Award, YMHA Discovery Award, and the Great Lakes Colleges National Book Award. (Bowker Author Biography) Daniel Halpern is editorial director of The Ecco Press/HarperCollins & the author of seven previous books of poetry. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with his wife & daughter. (Publisher Provided) show less
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- Fiction and Literature
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- 808.83 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures Collections of literary texts from more than two literatures Collections of fiction
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- PN6120.2 .A74 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature
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