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020 _a1400034825 (pbk.)
020 _a9781400034826
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_cDLC
_dDLC
043 _an-us---
050 1 4 _aPS 648
_bA539 2004
082 0 0 _a813.010805
245 0 4 _aThe Anchor book of new American short stories /
_cedited by Ben Marcus.
260 _aNew York :
_bAnchor Books,
_c2004.
300 _axvi, 480 p. ;
_c21 cm.
505 _aIntroduction / Ben Marcus -- Sea Oak / George Saunders -- Everything ravaged, everything burned / Wells Tower -- Do not disturb / A.M. Homes -- Gentleman's agreement / Mark Richard -- The girl in the flammable skirt / Aimee Bender -- The caretaker / Anthony Doerr -- I'm slavering / Sam Lipsyte -- The old dictionary / Lydia Davis -- The father's blessing / Mary Caponegro -- The life and work of Alphonse Kauders / Aleksandar Hemon -- The paperhanger / William Gay -- People shouldn't have to be the ones to tell you / Gary Lutz -- Histories of the undead / Kate Braverman -- You drive / Christine Schutt -- When Mr. Pirzada came to dine / Jhumpa Lahiri -- Down the road / Stephen Dixon -- All American / Diane Williams -- X number of possibilities / Joanna Scott -- Two brothers / Brian Evenson -- Tiny, smiling daddy / Mary Gaitskill -- Someone to talk to / Deborah Eisenberg -- Brief interviews with hideous men / David Foster Wallace -- Where I work / Ann Cummins -- The sound gun / Matthew Derby -- Short talks / Anne Carson -- Up the Old Goat Road / Dawn Raffel -- Scarliotti and the sinkhole / Padgett Powell -- Letters to Wendy's / Joe Wenderoth -- Field events / Rick Bass.
520 _aA collection of twenty-nine short stories that capture the stylistic diversity of American short fiction features contributions by such authors as Rick Bass, David Foster Wallace, Jhumpa Lahiri, Mary Gaitskill, Anthony Doerr, Kate Braverman, A.M. Homes, Sam Lipsyte, and Anne Carson.
650 0 _aShort stories, American.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial life and customs
_vFiction.
650 0 _aAmerican fiction
_y20th century.
650 0 _aAmerican fiction
_y21st century.
650 4 _aCuentos estadounidenses
_vColecciones.
650 4 _aNovela estadounidense
_ySiglo XX.
650 4 _aNovela estadounidense
_ySiglo XXI.
651 4 _aEstados Unidos
_xVida social y costumbres
_vNovela.
700 1 _aMarcus, Ben,
_d1967-
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_cbk
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_d85850