For the Major and Selected Stories

For the Major and Selected Stories
Author: Constance Fenimore Woolson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1967-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780808401322

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Alice Munro's Best

Alice Munro's Best
Author: Alice Munro
Publisher: Douglas Gibson Books
Total Pages: 538
Release: 2010-04-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1551993937

In her lengthy and fascinating introduction Margaret Atwood says “Alice Munro is among the major writers of English fiction of our time. . . . Among writers themselves, her name is spoken in hushed tones.” This splendid gift edition is sure to delight Alice Munro’s growing body of admirers, what Atwood calls her “devoted international readership.” Long-time fans of her stories will enjoy meeting old favourites, where their new setting in this book may reveal new sides to what once seemed a familiar story; devoted followers may even dispute the exclusion of a specially-beloved story. Readers lucky enough to have found her recently will be delighted, as one masterpiece succeeds another. The 17 stories are carefully arranged in the order in which she wrote them, which allows us to follow the development of her range. “A Wilderness Station,” for example, breaks “short story rules” by taking us right back to the 1830s then jumping forward more than 100 years. “The Albanian Virgin” destroys the idea that her stories are set in B.C. or in Ontario’s “Alice Munro Country.” And “The Bear Came Over the Mountain,” the story behind the film Away From Her, takes us far from the world of young girls learning about sex into unflinching old age. This is a book to read slowly, savouring each story. It deserves a place in every Canadian book-lover’s library.

Signals

Signals
Author: Tim Gautreaux
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2017-01-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0451493052

A widely celebrated novelist gives us a generous collection of exhilarating short stories, proving that he is a master of this genre as well. Once again, "he reminds us," wrote The Miami Herald, "that great writing is a timeless art." After the stunning historical novels The Clearing and The Missing, Tim Gautreaux now ranges freely through contemporary life with twelve new stories and eight from previous collections. Most are set in his beloved Louisiana, many hard by or on the Mississippi River, others in North Carolina and even in midwinter Minnesota. But generally it's heat, humidity, and bugs that beset his people as they wrestle with affairs of the heart, matters of faith, and the pros and cons of tight-knit communities--a remarkable cast of characters, primarily of the working class, proud and knowledgeable about the natural or mechanical world, their lives marked by a prized stereo or a magical sewing machine retrieved from a locked safe, boats and card games and casinos, grandparents and grandchildren and those in between, their experiences leading them to the ridiculous or the scarifying or the sublime; most of them striving for what's right and good, others tearing off in the opposite direction.

You Want More

You Want More
Author: George Singleton
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2022-08-30
Genre:
ISBN:

Thirty stories, collected in one volume for the very first time, from one of the South's best known and most acclaimed short story writers. With his signature darkly acerbic and sharp-witted humor, George Singleton has built a reputation as one of the most astute and wise observers of the South. Now Tom Franklin introduces this master of the form with a compilation of acclaimed and prize-winning short fiction spanning twenty years and eight collections, including stories originally published in outlets like the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Playboy, the Georgia Review, the Southern Review, and many more. A lovelorn and chatty euthanasia vet arrives at a couples' house to put down their dog, Probate; a father-to-be searches his workplace--a bar--for a replacement sonogram after recording an episode of Bonanza over the original; an unlikely romance sparks between a librarian and a professional bowler while they compete to win an RV; a father takes his son to visit the many ex-girlfriends that could have been his mother. These stories bear the influence of Flannery O'Connor and Raymond Carver, at other times Lewis Nordan and Donald Barthelme, and touch on the mysteries of childhood, the complexities of human relationships, and the absurdity of everyday life, its inexorable defeats and small triumphs. Assembled here for the very first time, You Want More showcases the body of work, hilarious and incisive, that has cemented George Singleton's place among the South's greatest living writers.

Viewpoints Critical

Viewpoints Critical
Author: L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Publisher: Tor Books
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2009-04-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429984139

This is the first story collection ever from bestselling fantasy and science fiction writer L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Modesitt began publishing short fiction in the SF magazines in the 1970s, and this collection includes a selection of stories from the whole of his career. Some of the early stories are kernels for his early SF novels, others display the wide range of his talents and interests, from satire to military adventure. This book also contains three new stories that have never been published before: "Black Ordermage," set in Modesitt's bestselling Recluce series; "Beyond the Obvious Wind," set in his Corean Chronicles universe; and "Always Outside the Lines," which is related to the Ghost of Columbia books. Viewpoints Critical is an excellent introduction to the work of one of the major SF and fantasy writers publishing today. Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. The Saga of Recluce / The Imager Portfolio / The Corean Chronicles / The Spellsong Cycle / The Ghost Books / The Ecolitan Matter / The Forever Hero / Timegod's World Other Books The Green Progression / Hammer of Darkness / The Parafaith War / Adiamante / Gravity Dreams / The Octagonal Raven / Archform: Beauty / The Ethos Effect / Flash / The Eternity Artifact / The Elysium Commission / Haze / Empress of Eternity / The One-Eyed Man / Solar Express At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

100 Selected Stories

100 Selected Stories
Author: O. Henry
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 756
Release: 1995
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781853262418

O Henry's finest stories is a showcase for the sheer varienty of one of America's best-loved short story writers. They are marked by coincidence and surprise endings as well as compassion and high humour.

Selected Stories

Selected Stories
Author: Ring Lardner
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 401
Release: 1997-05-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1440673845

This collection brings together twenty-one of Lardner’s best pieces, including the six Jack Keefe stories that comprise You Know Me, Al, as well as such familiar favorites as “Alibi Ike,” “Some Like Them Cold,” and “Guillible’s Travels.” For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Selected Stories

Selected Stories
Author: Alice Munro
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2010
Genre: Classical fiction
ISBN: 0099541092

Short Stories. This first-ever selection of Alice Munro's stories sums up her genius. Her territory is the secrets that cackle beneath the facade of everyday lives, the pain and promises, loves and fears of apparently ordinary men and women whom she renders extraordinary and unforgettable.

Collected Stories

Collected Stories
Author: Tennessee Williams
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 610
Release: 1994
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780811212694

This definitive collection establishes Williams as a major American fiction writer of the twentieth century.