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Granta Book Of The American Short Story2
Richard . Ed(S): Ford
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Description for Granta Book Of The American Short Story2
Paperback. Expands the author's original choice to include stories that he regretted overlooking first time around as well as many by a generation of writers, among them Sherman Alexie, Junot Diaz, Deborah Eisenberg, Nell Freudenberg, Matt Klam, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Z Z Packer. Editor(s): Ford, Richard. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 54. Weight in Grams: 566.
Richard Ford, one of the finest American novelists and short-story writers, introduced the first Granta Book of the American Short Story, which Granta Books published in 1992. It became the definitive anthology of American short fiction written in the last half of the twentieth century. In the fourteen years since, Ford has been reading new stories and rereading old ones and selecting new favourites. This new collection, again of more than forty writers, expands Ford's original choice to include stories that he regretted overlooking first time around as well as many by a new generation of writers, among them Sherman ... Read more
Richard Ford, one of the finest American novelists and short-story writers, introduced the first Granta Book of the American Short Story, which Granta Books published in 1992. It became the definitive anthology of American short fiction written in the last half of the twentieth century. In the fourteen years since, Ford has been reading new stories and rereading old ones and selecting new favourites. This new collection, again of more than forty writers, expands Ford's original choice to include stories that he regretted overlooking first time around as well as many by a new generation of writers, among them Sherman ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
Number of Pages
736
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847080400
SKU
V9781847080400
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Ref
99-15
About Richard . Ed(S): Ford
Richard Ford's story collections include Rock Springs, Women Without Men, and A Multitude of Sins. His novel Independence Day was the first novel to win both the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Pulitzer Prize. His latest novel, The Lay of the Land, was published in 2006.
Reviews for Granta Book Of The American Short Story2
Ford's is the long view, seriously considered, full of nuance and detail and heritage
The Times
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