The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction
by David Foster Wallace, Aimee Bender, Joyce Carol Oates, Michael Chabon, George Saunders, Steven Millhauser, Elizabeth McCracken, John Updike, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sherman Alexie, Junot Díaz, David Means, Denis Johnson, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Mary Gaitskill, Chuck Palahniuk, Stuart Dybek, E.L. Doctorow, Lydia Davis, Russell Banks, Ben Fountain, Ann Beattie, Tobias Wolff, Richard Ford, Louise Erdrich, Adam Haslett, Antonya Nelson, Maile Meloy, Pinckney Benedict, Matthew Klam, Tim O'Brien, Charles Baxter, William Gay, Amy Hempel, Lorrie Moore, Greg Johnson, Rick Bass, Annie Proulx, Richard Burgin, Douglas Unger, Thomas McGuane, Edwidge Danticat, Edward P. Jones, Edmund White, John Edgar Wideman, Deborah Eisenberg, Sheila Kohler, Richard Bausch
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A definitive collection of the very best short stories by contemporary American mastersEdited by Joyce Carol Oates, "the living master of the short story" ("Buffalo News"), and Christopher R. Beha, this volume provides an important overview of the contemporary short story and a selection of the very best that American short fiction has to offer.Contents:The toughest Indian in the world by Sherman AlexieLobster night by Russell BanksThe hermit's story by Rick Bass1-900 by Richard BauschPoor devil by Charles BaxterLavande by Ann BeattieO. by Aimee BenderMercy by Pinckney BenedictThe love of my life by T.C. BoyleThe identity club by Richard BurginThe son of the wolfman by Michael ChabonNight women by Edwidge DanticatTelevision by Lydia DavisAurora by Junot DíazA house on the Plains by E.L. DoctorowDeath of the right fielder by Stuart DybekThe girl who left her sock on the floor by Deborah EisenbergDisaster stamps of Pluto by Louise ErdrichReunion by Richard FordRêve haitien by Ben FountainThe girl on the plane by Mary GaitskillThe paperhanger by William GayCity visit by Adam HaslettTo those of you who missed your connecting flights out of O'Hare by Amy HempelEmergency by Denis JohnsonDouble exposure by Greg JohnsonOld boys, old girls by Edward P. JonesAdina, Astrid, Chipewee, Jasmine by Matthew KlamBaboons by Sheila KohlerOnce in a lifetime by Jhumpa LahiriSome terpsichore by Elizabeth McCrackenCowboy by Thomas McGuaneSault Ste. Marie by David MeansRanch girl by Maile MeloyThe new automaton theater by Steven MillhauserPaper losses by Lorrie MooreStitches by Antonya NelsonLand. ll by Joyce Carol OatesOn the rainy river by Tim O'BrienThe escort by Chuck PalahniukPeople in hell just want a drink of water by Annie ProulxThe red bow by George SaundersLeslie and Sam by Douglas UngerThe brown chest by John UpdikeIncarnations of burned children by David Foster WallaceCinnamon skin by Edmund WhiteWho invented the jump shot by John Edgar WidemanBullet in the brain by Tobias Wol
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