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 Penguin book of international short stories

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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Penguin
Language
English
Pages
1068

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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

Acknowledgements
Page xi
Introduction
Page xiii
The Sacrificial Egg
Page 1
The Bound Man
Page 6
Little Whale, Varnisher of Reality
Page 18
Hair Jewellery
Page 31
Everything
Page 46
Going to Meet the Man
Page 62
The Child Screams and Looks Back at You
Page 79
Cortés and Montezuma
Page 87
Jacklighting
Page 95
First Love
Page 102
Action Will Be Taken
Page 119
Do Stay, Giraffe
Page 124
The Aleph
Page 127
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
Page 139
Cowardice
Page 155
A Distant Episode
Page 157
Greasy Lake
Page 169
Ceil
Page 179
Seven Floors
Page 193
The Adventure of a Traveller
Page 207
The Adulterous Woman
Page 220
Children on Their Birthdays
Page 235
Fat
Page 252
The Country Husband
Page 257
Quenby and Ola, Swede
Page 281
Bestiary
Page 295
The Haile Selassie Funeral
Page 310
The Cloak
Page 316
The Hunter
Page 329
I Look Out for Ed Wolfe
Page 338
Communist
Page 363
The Doll Queen
Page 379
The Chosen Husband
Page 394
Order of Insects
Page 412
The Mother
Page 419
The Life of the Imagination
Page 429
Two Gentle People
Page 442
Why I Transformed Myself into a Nightingale
Page 449
One Arm
Page 454
Let the Old Dead Make Room for the Young Dead
Page 470
Gogol's Wife
Page 487
The Habit of Loving
Page 498
The Challenge
Page 521
The Conjurer Made Off with the Dish
Page 532
The Last Mohican
Page 539
Eyes of a Blue Dog
Page 561
The Pilgrimage
Page 567
First Love, Last Rites
Page 576
The Deal
Page 587
Patriotism
Page 595
Jewellery
Page 618
Doctor Safi
Page 624
Spring in Fialta
Page 633
Naga
Page 652
The Tryst
Page 662
Sister Imelda
Page 675
The Artificial Nigger
Page 694
A Set of Variations on a Borrowed Theme
Page 714
Nomad and Viper
Page 740
The Suitcase
Page 757
The Contest
Page 777
Suicides
Page 785
The Saint
Page 800
Eventide
Page 813
The Replacement
Page 821
Rain
Page 825
In the Garden
Page 832
Talpa
Page 847
XXII
Page 855
Henne Fire
Page 857
Unguided Tour
Page 868
Children Are Bored on Sunday
Page 879
A Friend and Protector
Page 889
Death and the Maiden
Page 908
Beyond the Pale
Page 927
Separating
Page 952
I'm Your Horse in the Night
Page 963
No Place For You, My Love
Page 967
Five-Twenty
Page 985
Hunters in the Snow
Page 1008
Big Black Good Man
Page 1023
The Best of Everything
Page 1036
Biographical Notes
Page 1049
Sources and Acknowledgements
Page 1063

Edition Notes

Originally published as 'The art of the tale', Viking Penguin, 1986.

Cover title: The Penguin book of international short stories, 1945-1985.

Published in
Harmondsworth

Classifications

Library of Congress
PN6120.2

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi,1068p. ;
Number of pages
1068

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22286092M
Internet Archive
penguinbookofint0000unse_c6k9
ISBN 10
0140129383
OCLC/WorldCat
23960888
Library Thing
81132
Goodreads
2556454

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