The Eloquent Short Story – Varieties of Narration An Anthology - Softcover

Rosenthal, Lucy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0892552921 ISBN 13: 9780892552924

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004

Synopsis

This gathering of twenty-four short stories shows the richness and vitality of the form. Each engaging, accessible story represents one of the many modes of storytelling now in our literature. Here are short stories in the guise of memoir or confession; written as a letter, a fable, a report; or accomplishing what we usually expect of a novel, an essay, a character study, a poem. A uniquely contemporary collection, yet with an eye on tradition, it includes long-revered as well as more recently heralded masters. Among them are Margaret Atwood, Ann Beattie, Robert Olen Butler, Truman Capote, Raymond Carver, Junot Diaz, Louise Erdrich, Ian Frazier, Randall Kenan, Jhumpa Lahiri, Rick Moody, Lorrie Moore, Alice Munro, Tim O'Brien, ZZ Packer, Alice Walker, Eudora Welty, Joy Williams, and Richard Yates. An introduction provides historical background and elaborates on the idea that although there may be a limited number of stories to tell, there are countless ways to tell them. Illuminating notes on the author's life and work precede each story.

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About the Author

Lucy Rosenthal is the author of the novels The Ticket Out and THE WORLD OF RAE ENGLISH (Black Lawrence Press, 2014). The recipient of a Pulitzer Fellowship in Critical Writing, she has edited the anthologies Great American Love Stories, World Treasury of Love Stories, and The Eloquent Short Story: Varieties of Narration. She is on the writing faculty at Sarah Lawrence College and has also taught in the creative writing programs of Columbia and New York University. She lives in New York City.

Synopsis

An innovative anthology of twenty-four short stories celebrates the rich diversity and creativity of this narrative literary art form in works by Margaret Atwood, Ann Beattie, Robert Olen Butler, Truman Capote, Raymond Carver, Junot D az, Louise Erdrich, Rick Moody, Eudora Welty, Alice Walker, and other distinguished authors. Original.

Edition details

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0892552921
• ISBN 13: 9780892552924
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256