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The Best American Short Stories 1991 (Best American Short Stories) by Tobias Wolff; Katrina Kenison; Sherman Alexie; Carol Anshaw; Robert Olen Butler; Lan Samantha Chang; Ann Cummins; Alice Elliott Dark; Stuart Dybek; Tony Earley; Carolyn Ferrell; John Rolfe Gardiner; David Gates; Barry Hannah; Thom Jones; John Keeble; Nancy Krusoe; Laura Glen Louis; Chris Offutt; Roxana Robinson; Jim Shepard; Christopher Tilghman; Jonathan Wilson is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Here in a single volume is the finest short fiction of the year, selected by distinguished novelist and short story writer Alice Adams. She brings together 20 outstanding works and, in her introduction, provides engaging commentary about the state of the art. Includes stories from Updike, Bass, Gordon and more. Foreword -- Introduction / Alice Adams -- The legend of Pig-Eye / Rick Bass -- The disappeared / Charles Baxter -- Love is not a pie / Amy Bloom -- Tall tales from the Mekong Delta / Kate Braverman -- The trip back / Robert Olen Butler -- The point / Charles D'Ambrosio, Jr. -- Oil and water / Millicent Dillon -- Another short day in La Luz / Harriet Doerr -- The custodian / Deborah Eisenberg -- Separation / Mary Gordon -- The body shop / Elizabeth Graver -- Houdini / Siri Hustvedt -- Bologoye / Mikhail Iossel -- Glossolalia / David Jauss -- Viva la Tropicana / Leonard Michaels -- Willing / Lorrie Moore -- Friend of my youth / Alice Munro -- American, abroad / Joyce Carol Oates -- Dog stories / Francine Prose -- A sandstone farmhouse / John Updike -- Contributors' notes -- 100 other distinguished stories of 1990 -- Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publis
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- Author
- Tobias Wolff; Katrina Kenison; Sherman Alexie; Carol Anshaw; Robert Olen Butler; Lan Samantha Chang; Ann Cummins; Alice Elliott Dark; Stuart Dybek; Tony Earley; Carolyn Ferrell; John Rolfe Gardiner; David Gates; Barry Hannah; Thom Jones; John Keeble; Nancy Krusoe; Laura Glen Louis; Chris Offutt; Roxana Robinson; Jim Shepard; Christopher Tilghman; Jonathan Wilson
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780395593530
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories
- Rating
- 3.86 / 5 (78 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
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