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The Art of the tale : an international anthology of short stories / edited by Daniel Halpern.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1987.Description: xiii, 816, [4] p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0140079491 (pbk.)
  • 9780140079494 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.83/1
LOC classification:
  • PN 6120.2 A784 1987
Contents:
Sacrificial egg / C. Achebe -- Bound man / I. Aichinger -- Little whale, varnisher of reality / V. Aksenov -- Hair jewellery / M. Atwood -- Everything / I. Bachman -- Going to meet the man / J. Baldwin -- Child screams and looks back at you / R. Banks -- Cortes and Montezuma / D. Barthelme -- Jacklighting / A. Beattie -- First love / S. Beckett -- Action will be taken / H. Boll -- Do stay, giraffe / W. Borchert -- Aleph / J.L. Borges -- This way for the gas, ladies and gentlemen / T. Borowski -- Cowardice / A. Boulaich -- A distant episode / P. Bowles -- Greasy Lake / T.C. Boyle -- Ceil / H. Brodkey -- Seven floors / D. Buzzati -- Adventure of a traveler / I. Calvino -- Adulterous woman / A. Camus -- Children on their birthdays / T. Capote -- Fat / R. Carver -- Country husband / J. Cheever -- Quenby and Ola, Swede and Carl / R. Coover -- Bestiary / J. Cortazar -- Heile Selassie funeral train / G. Davenport.
(cont.) Cloak / I. Dinesen -- Hunter / E.L. Doctorow -- I look out for Ed Wolfe / S. Elkin -- Communist / R. Ford -- Doll queen / C. Fuentes -- Chosen husband / M. Gallant -- Order of insects / W. Gass -- Mother / N. Ginzberg -- Life of the imagination / N. Gordimer -- Two gentle people / G. Greene -- Why I transformed myself into a nightingale / W. Hildescheimer -- One arm / Y. Kawabata -- Let the old dead make room for the young dead / M. Kundera -- Gogol's wife / T. Landolfi -- Habit of loving / D. Lessing -- Challenge / M. Vargas Llosa -- Conjurer made off with the disk / N. Mahfouz -- Last Mohican / B. Malamud -- Pilgrimage / W. Maxwell -- First love, last rites / I. McEwan -- The deal / L. Michaels -- Patriotism / Y. Mishima.
Jewellery / A. Moravia -- Doctor Safi / M. Mrabet -- Spring in Fialta / V. Nabokov -- Naga / R.K. Narayan -- The tryst / J.C. Oates -- Sister Imelda / E. O'Brien -- Artificial nigger / F. O'Connor -- A set of variations on a borrowed theme / F. O'Connor -- Nomad and viper / A. Oz -- Suitcase / C. Ozick -- Contest / G. Paley -- Suicides / C. Pavese -- Saint / V.S. Pritchett -- Eventide / J. Purdy -- Replacement / A. Robbe-Grillet -- Rain / M. Rodoreda -- In the garden / L. Rooke -- Talpa / J. Rulfo -- XXII / N. Sarraute -- Henne fire / I. Bashevis Singer -- Unguided tour / S. Sontag -- Children are bored on Sunday / J. Stafford -- Friend and protector / P. Taylor -- Death and the maiden / M. Tournier -- Beyond the pale / W. Trevor -- Separating / J. Updike -- I'm your horse in the night / L. Valenzuela -- No place for you, my love / E. Welty -- Five-twenty / P. White -- Hunters in the snow / T. Wolff -- Big black good man / R. Wright -- Best of everything / R. Yates.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 6120.2 A784 1987 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000067635

"Elisabeth Sifton books."

Sacrificial egg / C. Achebe -- Bound man / I. Aichinger -- Little whale, varnisher of reality / V. Aksenov -- Hair jewellery / M. Atwood -- Everything / I. Bachman -- Going to meet the man / J. Baldwin -- Child screams and looks back at you / R. Banks -- Cortes and Montezuma / D. Barthelme -- Jacklighting / A. Beattie -- First love / S. Beckett -- Action will be taken / H. Boll -- Do stay, giraffe / W. Borchert -- Aleph / J.L. Borges -- This way for the gas, ladies and gentlemen / T. Borowski -- Cowardice / A. Boulaich -- A distant episode / P. Bowles -- Greasy Lake / T.C. Boyle -- Ceil / H. Brodkey -- Seven floors / D. Buzzati -- Adventure of a traveler / I. Calvino -- Adulterous woman / A. Camus -- Children on their birthdays / T. Capote -- Fat / R. Carver -- Country husband / J. Cheever -- Quenby and Ola, Swede and Carl / R. Coover -- Bestiary / J. Cortazar -- Heile Selassie funeral train / G. Davenport.

(cont.) Cloak / I. Dinesen -- Hunter / E.L. Doctorow -- I look out for Ed Wolfe / S. Elkin -- Communist / R. Ford -- Doll queen / C. Fuentes -- Chosen husband / M. Gallant -- Order of insects / W. Gass -- Mother / N. Ginzberg -- Life of the imagination / N. Gordimer -- Two gentle people / G. Greene -- Why I transformed myself into a nightingale / W. Hildescheimer -- One arm / Y. Kawabata -- Let the old dead make room for the young dead / M. Kundera -- Gogol's wife / T. Landolfi -- Habit of loving / D. Lessing -- Challenge / M. Vargas Llosa -- Conjurer made off with the disk / N. Mahfouz -- Last Mohican / B. Malamud -- Pilgrimage / W. Maxwell -- First love, last rites / I. McEwan -- The deal / L. Michaels -- Patriotism / Y. Mishima.

Jewellery / A. Moravia -- Doctor Safi / M. Mrabet -- Spring in Fialta / V. Nabokov -- Naga / R.K. Narayan -- The tryst / J.C. Oates -- Sister Imelda / E. O'Brien -- Artificial nigger / F. O'Connor -- A set of variations on a borrowed theme / F. O'Connor -- Nomad and viper / A. Oz -- Suitcase / C. Ozick -- Contest / G. Paley -- Suicides / C. Pavese -- Saint / V.S. Pritchett -- Eventide / J. Purdy -- Replacement / A. Robbe-Grillet -- Rain / M. Rodoreda -- In the garden / L. Rooke -- Talpa / J. Rulfo -- XXII / N. Sarraute -- Henne fire / I. Bashevis Singer -- Unguided tour / S. Sontag -- Children are bored on Sunday / J. Stafford -- Friend and protector / P. Taylor -- Death and the maiden / M. Tournier -- Beyond the pale / W. Trevor -- Separating / J. Updike -- I'm your horse in the night / L. Valenzuela -- No place for you, my love / E. Welty -- Five-twenty / P. White -- Hunters in the snow / T. Wolff -- Big black good man / R. Wright -- Best of everything / R. Yates.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [817]-[820]).

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