A first reader of contemporary American short fiction.
Publisher: Merrill
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Columbus, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Short stories, American.; United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Table of contents: title: Lost in the funhouse, by J. Barth.; title: City life, by D. Barthelme.; title: Mosby's memoirs, by S. Bellow.; title: Rainy Season; title: Sub-tropics, by E. Bishop.; title: A note on the camping craze that is currently sweeping America, by R. Brautigan.; title: From A distant hand lifted, by W. Burroughs.; title: The balustrade, by K. Cohen.; title: The unsuccessful husband, by R. Creeley.; title: The doctor, by A. Dubus.; title: In a hole, by G. P. Elliott.; title: The magic barrel, by B. Malamud.; title: The comforts of home, by F. O'Connor.; title: Johnny Panic and the Bible of dreams, by S. Plath.; title: Final dwarf, by H. Roth.; title: Under the microscope, by J. Updike.