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20 Under 40

Author : Deborah Treisman
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429918403
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book 20 Under 40 written by Deborah Treisman and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 2010, the editors of The New Yorker announced to widespread media coverage their selection of "20 Under 40"—the young fiction writers who are, or will be, central to their generation. The magazine published twenty stories by this stellar group of writers over the course of the summer. They are now collected for the first time in one volume. The range of voices is extraordinary. There is the lyrical realism of Nell Freudenberger, Philipp Meyer, C. E. Morgan, and Salvatore Scibona; the satirical comedy of Joshua Ferris and Gary Shteyngart; and the genre-bending tales of Jonathan Safran Foer, Nicole Krauss, and Téa Obreht. David Bezmozgis and Dinaw Mengestu offer clear eyed portraits of immigration and identity; Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, ZZ Packer, and Wells Tower offer voice-driven, idiosyncratic narratives. Then there are the haunting sociopolitical stories of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Daniel Alarcón, and Yiyun Li, and the metaphysical fantasies of Chris Adrian, Rivka Galchen, and Karen Russell. Each of these writers reminds us why we read. And each is aiming for greatness: fighting to get and to hold our attention in a culture that is flooded with words, sounds, and pictures; fighting to surprise, to entertain, to teach, and to move not only us but generations of readers to come. A landmark collection, 20 Under 40 stands as a testament to the vitality of fiction today.

Forty Stories

Author : Anton Chekhov
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307778533
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Forty Stories written by Anton Chekhov and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-03-09 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If any writer can be said to have invented the modern short story, it is Anton Chekhov. It is not just that Chekhov democratized this art form; more than that, he changed the thrust of short fiction from relating to revealing. And what marvelous and unbearable things are revealed in these Forty Stories. The abashed happiness of a woman in the presence of the husband who abandoned her years before. The obsequious terror of the official who accidentally sneezes on a general. The poignant astonishment of an aging Don Juan overtaken by love. Spanning the entirety of Chekhov's career and including such masterpieces as "Surgery," "The Huntsman," "Anyuta," "Sleepyhead," "The Lady With the Pet Dog," and "The Bishop," this collection manages to be amusing, dazzling, and supremely moving—often within a single page.

20 over 40

Author :
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781604739909
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book 20 over 40 written by and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories about the unique perils and tensions of middle age

Sum

Author : David Eagleman
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307378020
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Sum written by David Eagleman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-02-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At once funny, wistful and unsettling, Sum is a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives—each presented as a vignette that offers a stunning lens through which to see ourselves in the here and now. In one afterlife, you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of your existence. In another version, you work as a background character in other people’s dreams. Or you may find that God is a married couple, or that the universe is running backward, or that you are forced to live out your afterlife with annoying versions of who you could have been. With a probing imagination and deep understanding of the human condition, acclaimed neuroscientist David Eagleman offers wonderfully imagined tales that shine a brilliant light on the here and now.

Chicago Stories

Author : Michael Czyzniejewski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983422853
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (228 download)

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Download or read book Chicago Stories written by Michael Czyzniejewski and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty dramatic fictions each told in the persona of famous Chicagoan from Barack Obama to Oprah Winfrey.

The Oxford Book of American Short Stories

Author : Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195092622
Total Pages : 788 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Book of American Short Stories written by Joyce Carol Oates and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a survey of American short fiction in 59 tales that combine classic works with 'different, unexpected gems', which invite readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Authors include: Amy Tan, Alice Adams, David Leavitt and Tim O'Brien.

40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology

Author : Beverly Lawn
Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
ISBN 13 : 1319355579
Total Pages : 965 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)

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Book Synopsis 40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology by : Beverly Lawn

Download or read book 40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology written by Beverly Lawn and published by Macmillan Higher Education. This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 965 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 40 Short Stories includes 40 chronologically- arranged, classic and contemporary fiction selections with reading and writing support built in.

The Stories of John Cheever

Author : John Cheever
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307743985
Total Pages : 1093 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Stories of John Cheever written by John Cheever and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-04-20 with total page 1093 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A seminal collection from one of the true masters of the short story. Spanning the duration of Cheever’s long and distinguished career, these sixty-one stories chronicle and encapsulate the lives of what has been called “the greatest generation.” From the early wonder and disillusionment of city life in “The Enormous Radio” to the surprising discoveries and common mysteries of suburbia in “The Housebreaker of Shady Hill” and “The Swimmer,” these are tales that have helped define the form. Featuring a preface by the Pulizter Prize-winning author, The Stories of John Cheever brings together some of the finest short stories ever written. "Cheever’s crowning achievement is the ability to be simultaneously generous and cynical, to see that the absurd and the profound can reside in the same moment, and to acknowledge both at the detriment of neither." —The Guardian

The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories

Author : Jhumpa Lahiri
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141985623
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories written by Jhumpa Lahiri and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Rich. . . eclectic. . . a feast' Telegraph This landmark collection brings together forty writers that reflect over a hundred years of Italy's vibrant and diverse short story tradition, from the birth of the modern nation to the end of the twentieth century. Poets, journalists, visual artists, musicians, editors, critics, teachers, scientists, politicians, translators: the writers that inhabit these pages represent a dynamic cross section of Italian society, their powerful voices resonating through regional landscapes, private passions and dramatic political events. This wide-ranging selection curated by Jhumpa Lahiri includes well known authors such as Italo Calvino, Elsa Morante and Luigi Pirandello alongside many captivating new discoveries. More than a third of the stories featured in this volume have been translated into English for the first time, several of them by Lahiri herself.

Forty Stories

Author : Dave Eggers
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 014138932X
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (413 download)

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Download or read book Forty Stories written by Dave Eggers and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of pithy, brilliantly acerbic pieces is a companion to Sixty Stories, Barthelme's earlier retrospective volume. Barthelme spotlights the idiosyncratic, haughty, sometimes downright ludicrous behavior of human beings, but it is style rather than content which takes precedence.

The Penguin Book of Caribbean Short Stories

Author : Edward Archibald Markham
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Penguin Book of Caribbean Short Stories written by Edward Archibald Markham and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1996 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning the history of Caribbean writing, this meticulously compiled collection of 40 short stories includes pre-Columbian legends and myths from India and Africa, and many stories that are an evocative reminder of the turbulent history of the region. Authors featured include Andrew Salkey, Jean Rhys, V.S. Naipaul, Jamaica Kincaid, and Lawrence Scott, among others. A major anthology reflecting the diversity and richness of Caribbean writing.

Shore Stories

Author : Richard Youmans
Publisher : Down the Shore Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780945582717
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (827 download)

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Download or read book Shore Stories written by Richard Youmans and published by Down the Shore Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shore Stories is the acclaimed first anthology of short fiction, essays and poems about the Jersey Shore. The book takes the reader on a literary journey along this coast and captures the diversity and the emotions attached to this beloved stretch of sandy beaches, bays, boardwalk, and towns. More than 40 short stories, essays and poems, along with 47 photographs, chronicle almost every destination in this renowned region. The contributors include nationally celebrated authors (John McPhee, Gay Talese, and Robert Pinksy, among others) as well as talented writers whose work promises future acclaim. A great beach book in any season, this book can also transport readers to the Jersey Shore wherever they may be.

Tell Me How It Ends

Author : Valeria Luiselli
Publisher : Coffee House Press
ISBN 13 : 1566894964
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Tell Me How It Ends written by Valeria Luiselli and published by Coffee House Press. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Part treatise, part memoir, part call to action, Tell Me How It Ends inspires not through a stiff stance of authority, but with the curiosity and humility Luiselli has long since established." —Annalia Luna, Brazos Bookstore "Valeria Luiselli's extended essay on her volunteer work translating for child immigrants confronts with compassion and honesty the problem of the North American refugee crisis. It's a rare thing: a book everyone should read." —Stephen Sparks, Point Reyes Books "Tell Me How It Ends evokes empathy as it educates. It is a vital contribution to the body of post-Trump work being published in early 2017." —Katharine Solheim, Unabridged Books "While this essay is brilliant for exactly what it depicts, it helps open larger questions, which we're ever more on the precipice of now, of where all of this will go, how all of this might end. Is this a story, or is this beyond a story? Valeria Luiselli is one of those brave and eloquent enough to help us see." —Rick Simonson, Elliott Bay Book Company "Appealing to the language of the United States' fraught immigration policy, Luiselli exposes the cracks in this foundation. Herself an immigrant, she highlights the human cost of its brokenness, as well as the hope that it (rather than walls) might be rebuilt." —Brad Johnson, Diesel Bookstore "The bureaucratic labyrinth of immigration, the dangers of searching for a better life, all of this and more is contained in this brief and profound work. Tell Me How It Ends is not just relevant, it's essential." —Mark Haber, Brazos Bookstore "Humane yet often horrifying, Tell Me How It Ends offers a compelling, intimate look at a continuing crisis—and its ongoing cost in an age of increasing urgency." —Jeremy Garber, Powell's Books

Jesus' Son

Author : Denis Johnson
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 031242874X
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Jesus' Son written by Denis Johnson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-02-17 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus' Son is a visionary chronicle of dreamers, addicts, and lost souls. These stories tell of spiraling grief and transcendence, of rock bottom and redemption, of getting lost and found and lost again. The raw beauty and careening energy of Denis Johnson's prose has earned this book a place among the classics of twentieth-century American literature.

100 Years of the Best American Short Stories

Author : Lorrie Moore
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547485859
Total Pages : 753 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories written by Lorrie Moore and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2015 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects forty short stories published between 1915 and 2015, from writers that include Ernest Hemingway, John Updike, and Alice Munro that exemplify their era and stand the test of time --

I Am

Author : Diane M. Stortz
Publisher : Tommy Nelson
ISBN 13 : 1400237092
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book I Am written by Diane M. Stortz and published by Tommy Nelson. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Am: 40 Reasons to Trust God will help children develop an understanding of God's character and His love for them. As they grow to know, love, and trust the great I Am through these 40 stories, devotions, and prayers, they will learn the many names and titles of God. Creator. Comforter. Healer. Friend. God's names tell us who He is, what He is like, and what He does. Written by Diane Stortz, I Am: 40 Reasons to Trust God covers 40 of the Bible’s many names and descriptive titles for God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, including?Jehovah Jireh, The Lord My Shepherd, Immanuel, Rabbi,?and?I Am.? Children ages 4–8 will read age-appropriate Bible stories from the Old and New Testaments; draw closer to God through short devotions and prayers; and discover the meaning of each of God’s names?and how it relates to their lives.? This go-to Bible storybook is great for children reading on their own and starting their faith journey; reading aloud with parents, grandparents, and siblings; and Sunday school teachers or group discussions.

Lavender Mansions

Author : Irene Zahava
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429720300
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Lavender Mansions written by Irene Zahava and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-11 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Stambolian, Terri de la Peña, Audre Lorde, Paul Monette, Edmund White, and Jaime Manrique are just six of the writers represented in this collection of forty contemporary lesbian and gay short stories. Gathered together for the first time in one volume are writings by both lesbians and gay men who represent a multiplicity of ethnic and racial backgrounds. Irene Zahava has compiled a unique and necessary collection, selecting stories for their artistic power and for their treatment of topics that are significant in lesbian and gay life and politics today. An alternative thematic table of contents allows the reader to understand lesbian and gay life according to its most culturally and politically significant themes: childhood/growing up; coming out/finding community; families; oppression/resistance; bisexuality; relationships/friendships; AIDS; and aging/dying.