A century of fiction in the New Yorker : 1925-2025 / edited by Deborah Treisman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Treisman, Deborah, 1970- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, American.

American fiction.

Genre:

short stories.

Short stories.

Physical Description:

xiv, 1125 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.

Summary:

"There is simply no A-Z like the alphabet of fiction writers who have appeared in the pages of The New Yorker in the last hundred years. The book boasts inarguable classics like Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," Annie Proulx's "Brokeback Mountain," and Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" alongside stunners to be rediscovered. Some stories defined a moment or a now-lost world (Isaac Bashevis Singer's "The Cafeteria"); others showed us a whole new way fiction could sound and feel ("The Red Girl," by Jamaica Kincaid). With this vivid selection, Treisman showcases how our fiction has changed over time, and reminds us that past literary fashions continue to ripple outward in the fiction we love today. What does a Donald Barthelme mean to the craft of short fiction now? What will a Yiyun Li mean to the next generation of readers and writers? This exquisite tour of the form as practiced at its highest level will leap directly into the hearts of readers of all ages, all stripes, and is a beautiful tribute to the magazine's influence on our literary culture over the last century."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"This Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780593801918

0593801911

9780593688052

0593688058

OCLC:

1485189600