The Oxford Book Of Short Stories (Oxford Books Of Prose Verse) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199583137 ISBN 13: 9780199583133

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2010

Synopsis

V. S. Pritchett, one our greatest short-story writers, has chosen forty-one stories written in the English language for this volume, producing a collection that successfully displays the wealth and variety of an art that spans some 200 years. Great Britain, America, and especially Eire have fine traditions of short-story writing that have developed from the time of Sir Walter Scott and Nathaniel Hawthorne, while in the last century the art was perfected by Ernest Hemingway, D. H. Lawrence, W. Somerset Maugham, John Updike, and V. S. Pritchett himself. The Irish contribution includes such masters as James Joyce, Frank O'Connor, and Liam O'Flaherty, and stories by Canadian, Indian, New Zealand, and Australian writers show the full range of invention and ability in a genre that continues to flourish.

About this title

Review:

Review from previous edition Look for this book at airport departure lounge bookshops and guarantee youself a good flight. (Evening Echo)

About the Author:

About the Editor Sir Victor Pritchett is a novelist, short-story writer, critic, biographer, and traveler. His books include the novel, Mr. Beluncle; a highly acclaimed collection of short stories, On the Edge of the Cliff; two books of criticism, The Myth Makers and The Tale Bearers; a biography of Turgenev, The Gentle Barbarian; and the classic travel book, The Spanish Temper.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0199583137
• ISBN 13: 9780199583133
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576
• Editor: Pritchett V. S.