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003 OCoLC
005 20101028151319.0
008 930615s1993 nju 000 1 eng
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050 00 $aPS648.S5$bA53 1993
082 00 $a813/.0108$220
245 04 $aThe American story :$bshort stories from the Rea Award /$cedited by Michael M. Rea ; introduction by Charles McGrath ; selected by Ann Beattie ... [et al.].
250 $a1st pbk. ed.
260 $aHopewell, N.J. :$bEcco Press,$cc1993.
300 $axvii, 306 p. ;$c23 cm.
505 00 $tEscapes /$rJoy Williams --$tYou must remember this /$rRobert Coover --$tVictrola /$rWright Morris --$gThe$tcircular valley /$rPaul Bowles --$gThe$thappiest I've been /$rJohn Updike --$tKillings /$rAbdre Dubus --$tFriends /$rGrace Paley --$gThe$tshawl /$rCynthia Ozick --$tWhat you hear from 'em /$rPeter Taylor --$tOur story begins /$rTobias Wolff --$tWinterkill /$rRichard Ford --$tVerona: a young woman speaks /$rHarold Brodkey --$gThe$tcinema /$rJames Salter --$tHeat /$rJoyce Carol Oates --$gA$tvintage thunderbird /$rAnn Beattie --$tSnow /$rCharles Baxter --$tNo place for you, my love /$rEudora Welty --$tConsolation /$rRichard Bausch --$gThe$tballoon /$rDonald Barthelme --$gThe$tstudent's wife /$rRaymond Carver --$tSomething that happened /$rJayne Anne Phillips.
530 $aAlso issued online.
520 $aEstablished by the Dungannon Foundation in 1986 to honor living American writers who have made a significant contribution to the short story form, the annual Rea Award for the Short Story has become one of America's most prestigious literary prizes. Each year writers and editors, chosen as jurors by Michael Rea, nominate writers of short fiction to be honored by the award.
520 8 $aIn The American Story, Rea has turned again to acclaimed jurors such as Joy Williams and Stanley Elkin and asked them to select the best stories by the illustrious winners - Cynthia Ozick, Robert Coover, Donald Barthelme, Tobias Wolff, Joyce Carol Oates, Paul Bowles, Eudora Welty and Grace Paley - along with the best stories by prominent writers who have been nominated for the award - including Ann Beattie, Harold Brodkey, Raymond Carver, Andre Dubus, Richard Ford, James Salter, and John Updike.
520 8 $aAll told, this collection brings together the finest work by twenty-one of our foremost practitioners of contemporary short fiction.
650 0 $aShort stories, American.
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial life and customs$vFiction.
700 1 $aRea, Michael.
700 1 $aBeattie, Ann.
776 08 $iOnline version:$tAmerican story.$b1st pbk. ed.$dHopewell, N.J. : Ecco Press, c1993$w(OCoLC)624713048
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