Title The Norton anthology of contemporary fiction / R.V. Cassill, Joyce Carol Oates

Edition Second edition Published New York : Norton, [1998] New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [1998] ©1998 ©1998

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	810.0836 C3455/N 1998		AVAILABLE

Description xiii, 556 pages ; 21 cm Contents Barcelona / Alice Adams -- The Rudy Elmenhurst Story / Julia Alvarez -- The Man from Mars / Margaret Atwood -- The Indian Uprising / Donald Barthelme -- Snow / Charles Baxter -- The Cinderella Waltz / Ann Beattie -- Descent of Man / T. Coraghessan Boyle -- Blazo / Ron Carlson -- Cathedral / Raymond Carver -- One Holy Night / Sandra Cisneros -- The Babysitter / Robert Coover -- Murphy's Xmas / Mark Costello -- A Father's Story / Andre Dubus -- Pet Milk / Stuart Dybek -- Saint Marie / Louise Erdrich -- Rock Springs / Richard Ford -- A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings / Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- An Evening Performance / George Garrett -- In the Heart of the Heart of the Country / William H. Gass -- The Wizard / C. S. Godshalk -- Putting a Child to Bed / Tom Hawkins -- In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried / Amy Hempel -- Cowboys Are My Weakness / Pam Houston -- Kwoon / Charles Johnson -- The Black Lights / Thom Jones -- Girl / Jamaica Kincaid -- Follow the Eagle / William Kotzwinkle -- The New Atlantis / Ursula K. Le Guin -- No Trace / David Madden -- Love Life / Bobbie Ann Mason -- Lust / Susan Minot -- The Tenant / Bharati Mukherjee -- Wild Swans / Alice Munro -- Bad Girls / Joyce Carol Oates -- The Things They Carried / Tim O'Brien -- Emotion Recollected in Tranquillity / Jonathan Penner -- Souvenir / Jayne Anne Phillips -- Coach / Mary Robison -- Rules of the Game / Amy Tan -- A Death in the Family / Hunter S. Thompson -- The Other / John Updike -- Going to Russia / Guy Vanderhaeghe -- Everyday Use / Alice Walker -- Taking Care / Joy Williams -- In the Garden of the North American Martyrs / Tobias Wolff Summary Master teachers and writers R.V. Cassill and Joyce Carol Oates offer here a refreshed and updated edition of The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction, celebrating not only an enduring literary genre but also that genre's continuing energy and diversity Subject American fiction -- 20th century. Short stories, American. Genre/Form Short stories, American Fiction. Author Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- editor Cassill, R. V. (Ronald Verlin), 1919-2002, editor LC no. 96051171 ISBN 9780393968330 (paperback) 0393968332 (paperback)

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