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Author: Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 788
ISBN-13: 9780195092622
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Author: Denis Johnson
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2009-02-17
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 031242874X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJesus' 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.
Author: Florence Goyet
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Published: 2014-01-13
Total Pages: 199
ISBN-13: 1909254754
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe ability to construct a nuanced narrative or complex character in the constrained form of the short story has sometimes been seen as the ultimate test of an author's creativity. Yet during the time when the short story was at its most popular - the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - even the greatest writers followed strict generic conventions that were far from subtle. This expanded and updated translation of Florence Goyet's influential La Nouvelle, 1870-1925: Description d'un genre à son apogée (Paris, 1993) is the only study to focus exclusively on this classic period across different continents. Ranging through French, English, Italian, Russian and Japanese writing - particularly the stories of Guy de Maupassant, Henry James, Giovanni Verga, Anton Chekhov and Akutagawa Ry?nosuke - Goyet shows that these authors were able to create brilliant and successful short stories using the very simple 'tools of brevity' of that period. In this challenging and far-reaching study, Goyet looks at classic short stories in the context in which they were read at the time: cheap newspapers and higher-end periodicals. She demonstrates that, despite the apparent intention of these stories to question bourgeois ideals, they mostly affirmed the prejudices of their readers. In doing so, her book forces us to re-think our preconceptions about this 'forgotten' genre.
Author: David Leavitt
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2003-11-05
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 1582343489
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA definitive anthology of short fiction by the critically acclaimed author of The Lost Language of Cranes offers a complete collection of his stories, including works from Family Dancing, The Marble Quilt, and A Place I've Never Been. Original. 12,000 first printing.
Author: Brian Whelihan
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Published: 2021-07-07
Total Pages: 88
ISBN-13: 1637640005
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOpus 19: A Collection of 19 Original Short Stories to Uplift the Human Psyche Affected by COVID 19 Pandemic By: Brian Whelihan OPUS 19 consists of nineteen self-contained stories. Some are completely fictional, some are completely nonfictional, and others are a mix. Each story is associated with what the author calls a Ficto-Meter, which designates an approximate percentage fictional, and therefore nonfictional content. In describing all of the stories, they are created from actual experiences or fictional accounts derived from real situations or are derived from lessons that we learn throughout life. Many of them leave the reader with nostalgically provocative thoughts about life. Some are just plain funny. The fictional story of the origin of the word woman is an amusing story about how life might have been 15,000 years ago while the story about how shoes wind up on the roadside is so real and convincing that readers will be looking for shoes on the road. The stories in OPUS 19 are amusing (Flies, Church), provocative (Car, Children, Ton and Speech), nostalgic (Bees), and amazingly true (JFK, Cigarettes, Fish, Simultaneous, Cockroach). Curiosity is a true story of an unlikely experience within a controversial time. The inspiration for these stories came in large part from the grip of the pandemic virus and the opportunity for introspection that came along with it. The author’s hope is that the readers of these stories will have their hearts warmed, their brains stimulated, and perhaps even laugh out loud.
Author: Kade W. Francis
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2010-04-06
Total Pages: 63
ISBN-13: 1450074146
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese stories are about lives struggles . . . The Little Boy is about a boy that did something good for his teacher. The Doll is about a girl that wanted a doll. The Cow and the Goat is about a goat that made a cow happy. The Kitten is about a lonely boy who settled for a pet. The Christian Family is about a family that brought souls to Christ. The Boy and the Book is about a boy that could not read. The Little Play House is about two children whose father rewarded them by building them a treehouse. Mimi the Pig is about a playful pig who got sad. The Snowman is about a boy who wanted a Christmas tree. The Little Girl and the Moon is about a girl who lost her one leg. The Girl and the Beans is about a girl that did not like beans. Jimmy and the Ball is about a boy that always wanted a ball. Mr. Bell and His Little Car is about a man who loves his little old car. Katie and the Cat is about a girl that loves cats. The Boy and the Clown is about a boy interested in becoming a clown. Mr. Billy Goat is about how the animals loved and respected a goat. The Little Flower Girl is about a girl whose mother grew a flower garden. The Little School Bus is about a man that drives a school bus. Jane and her Brother is about a girl that helps her mother with her brother. The Beach Boy is about a boy that spends his free time on the beach. Bill and His First Job is about a boy who wanted a bike. The Town of Bakemon and the Storm is about a town that was hit by a storm. Nancys Dream of Dancing is about a girl who always wanted to be a dancer. The Boy Goes Fishing is about a boy who loves fishing. The Man and His Boat is about a man that likes to be by himself.
Author: Ernest Hemingway
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 228
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Katrina Kenison
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780618197330
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBest-selling author Walter Mosley has selected the year's top fiction from voices well-known and new. Here several authors bring their stories to vivid life for a banner audio edition.
Author: J. D. Salinger
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2019-08-13
Total Pages: 157
ISBN-13: 0316459984
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe "original, first-rate, serious, and beautiful" short fiction (New York Times Book Review) that introduced J. D. Salinger to American readers in the years after World War II, including "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and the first appearance of Salinger's fictional Glass family. Nine exceptional stories from one of the great literary voices of the twentieth century. Witty, urbane, and frequently affecting, Nine Stories sits alongside Salinger's very best work--a treasure that will passed down for many generations to come. The stories: A Perfect Day for Bananafish Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut Just Before the War with the Eskimos The Laughing Man Down at the Dinghy For Esmé--with Love and Squalor Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period Teddy
Author: Brenna Yovanoff
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab ?
Published: 2014-01-01
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 1467716235
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom acclaimed and New York Times bestselling YA authors Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, and Brenna Yovanoff comes The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories. ? A vampire locked in a cage in the basement, for good luck. ? Bad guys, clever girls, and the various reasons why the guys have to stop breathing. ? A world where fires never go out (with references to vanilla ice cream). These are but a few of the curiosities collected in this volume of short stories by three acclaimed practitioners of paranormal fiction. But The Curiosities is more than the stories. Since 2008, Maggie, Tessa, and Brenna have posted more than 250 works of short fiction to their website www.merryfates.com. Their goal was simple: create a space for experimentation and improvisation in their writing?all in public and without a backspace key. In that spirit, The Curiosities includes the stories and each author's comments, critiques, and kudos in the margins. Think of it as a guided tour of the creative processes of three acclaimed authors.
