An edition of The Art of the Tale: An International Anthology of Short Stories, 1945-1985 (1986)

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An edition of The Art of the Tale: An International Anthology of Short Stories, 1945-1985 (1986)

The art of the tale

an international anthology of short stories, 1945-1985

by , , , , , , and

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A compilation of short stories written since World War II by authors from Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and North and South America.

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Viking
Language
English
Pages
816

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Subjects

Short stories, Fiction, Fiction, collections, Nouvelles, Roman

Times

20th century

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Cover of: The Penguin book of international short stories
The Penguin book of international short stories
1989, Penguin
in English
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Cover of: The Penguin book of international short stories
The Penguin book of international short stories
1989, Penguin
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: The art of the tale
The art of the tale: an international anthology of short stories, 1945-1985
1986, Viking
in English
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Page xi
The Sacrificial Egg
Page 5
The Bound Man
Page 9
Little Whale, Varnisher of Reality
Page 18
Hair Jewellery
Page 28
Everything Going to Meet the Man
Page 40
Going to Meet the Man
Page 52
The Child Screams and Looks Back at You
Page 65
Cortés and Montezuma
Page 71
Jacklighting
Page 77
First Love
Page 82
Action Will Be Taken
Page 94
Do Stay, Giraffe
Page 98
The Aleph
Page 100
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
Page 110
Cowardice
Page 122
A Distant Episode
Page 124
Greasy Lake
Page 133
Ceil
Page 141
Seven Floors
Page 152
The Adventure of a Traveler
Page 163
The Adulterous Woman
Page 173
Children on Their Birthdays
Page 184
Fat
Page 197
The Country Husband
Page 201
Quenby and Ola, Swede and Carl
Page 219
Bestiary
Page 230
Funeral Train
Page 241
The Cloak
Page 246
The Hunter
Page 256
I Look Out for Ed Wolfe
Page 263
Communist
Page 282
The Doll Queen
Page 294
The Chosen Husband
Page 305
Order of Insects
Page 318
The Mother
Page 323
The Life of the Imagination
Page 331
Two Gentle People
Page 341
Why I Transformed Myself into a Nightingale
Page 347
One Arm
Page 351
Let the Old Dead Make Room for the Young Dead
Page 364
Gogol's Wife
Page 376
The Habit of Loving
Page 385
The Challenge
Page 402
The Conjurer Made Off with the Dish
Page 411
The Last Mohican
Page 417
Eyes of a Blue Dog
Page 433
The Pilgrimage
Page 438
First Love, Last Rites
Page 445
The Deal
Page 453
Patriotism
Page 459
Jewellery
Page 476
Doctor Safi
Page 481
Spring in Fialta
Page 488
Naga
Page 502
The Tryst
Page 509
Sister Imelda
Page 519
The Artificial Nigger
Page 533
A Set of Variations On a Borrowed Theme
Page 548
Nomad and Viper
Page 567
The Suitcase
Page 580
The Contest
Page 595
Suicides
Page 601
The Saint
Page 612
Eventide
Page 622
The Replacement
Page 629
Rain
Page 633
In the Garden
Page 638
Talpa
Page 650
XXII
Page 656
Henne Fire
Page 658
Unguided Tour
Page 666
Children Are Bored on Sunday
Page 675
A Friend and Protector
Page 683
Death and the Maiden
Page 697
Beyond the Pale
Page 711
Separating
Page 730
I'm Your Horse in the Night
Page 739
No Place For You, My Love
Page 742
Five-Twenty
Page 756
Hunters in the Snow
Page 774
Big Black Good Man
Page 786
The Best of Everything
Page 796
Biographical Notes
Page 806

Edition Notes

"Elisabeth Sifton Books."

Published in
New York, NY

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
808.83/1
Library of Congress
PN6120.2 .A75 1986, PN6120.2

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 816 p. ;
Number of pages
816

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL2712636M
Internet Archive
artoftaleinterna0000unse
ISBN 10
0670805920
LCCN
86005481, 85041061
OCLC/WorldCat
15109404
Library Thing
153524
Goodreads
3655498

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