The best American short stories, 1984 / selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by John Updike with Shannon Ravenel ; with an introduction by John Updike.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Updike, John, editor.

Ravenel, Shannon, editor.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, American.

American fiction--20th century.

American fiction.

Short stories, Canadian.

Canadian fiction--20th century.

Canadian fiction.

Genre:

Short stories, American.

Short stories, Canadian.

Short stories.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxii, 295 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1984.

Summary:

"Again, with this 1984 volume, the best continue to select the 'Best.' This year the leading American fiction writer serving as guest editor is John Updike, and his choices reflect the variety and vigor that has returned to the American short story in this decade."

Contents:

The final proof of fate and circumstance / Lee K. Abbott

The naked lady / Madison Smartt Bell

Unknown feathers / Dianne Benedict

In the red room / Paul Bowles

The cure / Mary Ward Brown

Gent / Rick DeMarinis

A father's story / Andre Dubus

Lena / Mavis Gallant

Inexorable progress / Mary Hood

The artificial moonlight / Donald Justice

Morrison's reaction / Stephen Kirk

Thorofare / Susan Minot

Glimpse into another country / Wright Morris

Nairobi / Joyce Carol Oates

Rosa / Cynthia Ozick

The cold room / Lowry Pei

Things to be thrown away / Jonathan Penner

Bruns / Norman Rush

Foreign shores / James Salter

Caddie's Day / Jeanne Schinto.

Notes:

Includes index.

Other Format:

Online version: Best American short stories 1984.

ISBN:

0395354137

9780395354131

0395365120

9780395365120

OCLC:

27042269