The Norton anthology of contemporary fiction
By: [selected by] R.V. Cassill, Joyce Carol Oates
Contributors: Cassill, R. V. 1919-; Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 556
Subjects: Short stories, American; American fiction -- 20th century
Description: Master teachers and writers R. V. Cassill and Joyce Carol Oates offer here a refreshed and updated edition of The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction, celebrating not only an enduring literary genre but also that genre's continuing energy and diversity.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: ix; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: xiii; label: Alice Adams
title: Barcelona
pagenum: 1; label: Julia Alvarez
title: The Rudy Elmenhurst Story
pagenum: 5; label: Margaret Atwood
title: The Man from Mars
pagenum: 16; label: Donald Barthelme
title: The Indian Uprising
pagenum: 34; label: Charles Baxter
title: Snow
pagenum: 41; label: Ann Beattie
title: The Cinderella Waltz
pagenum: 51; label: T. Coraghessan Boyle
title: Descent of Man
pagenum: 68; label: Ron Carlson
title: Blazo
pagenum: 78; label: Raymond Carver
title: Cathedral
pagenum: 102; label: Sandra Cisneros
title: One Holy Night
pagenum: 116; label: Robert Coover
title: The Babysitter
pagenum: 123; label: Mark Costello
title: Murphy's Xmas
pagenum: 148; label: Andre Dubus
title: A Father's Story
pagenum: 162; label: Stuart Dybek
title: Pet Milk
pagenum: 181; label: Louise Erdrich
title: Saint Marie
pagenum: 186; label: Richard Ford
title: Rock Springs
pagenum: 199; label: Gabriel García Márquez
title: A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
pagenum: 218; label: George Garrett
title: An Evening Performance
pagenum: 224; label: William H. Gass
title: In the Heart of the Heart of the Country
pagenum: 232; label: C. S. Godshalk
title: The Wizard
pagenum: 255; label: Tom Hawkins
title: Putting a Child to Bed
pagenum: 270; label: Amy Hempel
title: In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried
pagenum: 273; label: Pam Houston
title: Cowboys Are My Weakness
pagenum: 281; label: Charles Johnson
title: Kwoon
pagenum: 293; label: Thom Jones
title: The Black Lights
pagenum: 305; label: Jamaica Kincaid
title: Girl
pagenum: 320; label: William Kotzwinkle
title: Follow the Eagle
pagenum: 322; label: Ursula K. Le Guin
title: The New Atlantis
pagenum: 326; label: David Madden
title: No Trace
pagenum: 348; label: Bobbie Ann Mason
title: Love Life
pagenum: 367; label: Susan Minot
title: Lust
pagenum: 381; label: Bharati Mukherjee
title: The Tenant
pagenum: 390; label: Alice Munro
title: Wild Swans
pagenum: 403; label: Joyce Carol Oates
title: Bad Girls
pagenum: 412; label: Tim O'Brien
title: The Things They Carried
pagenum: 428; label: Jonathan Penner
title: Emotion Recollected in Tranquillity
pagenum: 444; label: Jayne Anne Phillips
title: Souvenir
pagenum: 452; label: Mary Robison
title: Coach
pagenum: 466; label: Amy Tan
title: Rules of the Game
pagenum: 480; label: Hunter S. Thompson
title: A Death in the Family
pagenum: 490; label: John Updike
title: The Other
pagenum: 493; label: Guy Vanderhaeghe
title: Going to Russia
pagenum: 508; label: Alice Walker
title: Everyday Use
pagenum: 517; label: Joy Williams
title: Taking Care
pagenum: 525; label: Tobias Wolff
title: In the Garden of the North American Martyrs
pagenum: 535; title: Biographical Sketches
pagenum: 547; title: Permissions Acknowledgments
pagenum: 554