Afterward / Edith Wharton -- Back windows / Louisa May Alcott -- Bang-bang you're dead / Muriel Spark -- The beautiful people / Charles Beaumont -- Brothers are the same / Beryl Markham -- The facts behind the Helsinki roccamatios / Yann Martel -- Haircut / Ring Lardner -- Hamadi / Naomi Shihab Nye -- The isabel fish / Julie Orringer -- Man from the south / Roald Dahl -- The nightingale and the rose / Oscar Wilde -- Parker's back / Flannery O'Connor -- The problem of cell 13 / Jacques Futrelle -- A turn with the sun / John Knowles
Summary
Provides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the story's cultural and historical significance
