25 and under
Subtitle: fiction
By: edited by Susan Ketchin and Neil Giordano ; introduction by Robert Coles.
Contributors: Ketchin, Susan.; Giordano, Neil.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Center for Documentary Studies in association with W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Short stories, American.; Youths' writings, American.; Young adults -- Fiction.; United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Other titles: Twenty-five and under
Description: Selected from an extensive nationwide search, this book of fifteen stories by American writers twenty-five years old and younger represents a wide and diverse range of visions, sensibilities, techniques, and themes, providing a vivid glimpse of our world through the eyes of young artists as we approach the twenty-first century.

Ranging from quiet vignettes of triumph over daily despair to richly textured narratives of almost epic proportion, the themes explored here are at once contemporary and timeless - the often tangled relationship between parent and child, the lingering legacy of the war in Vietnam, the mysteries of birth, death, sexuality, and marriage, and the sometimes redemptive power of suffering.
Notes: "A DoubleTake book."