02519cam a2200325 a 4500 122780 20230410132700.0 031230s2004 nyu 000 1 eng 1400034825 (pbk.) 9781400034826 DLC DLC DLC n-us--- PS 648 A539 2004 813.010805 The Anchor book of new American short stories / edited by Ben Marcus. New York : Anchor Books, 2004. xvi, 480 p. ; 21 cm. Introduction / Ben Marcus -- Sea Oak / George Saunders -- Everything ravaged, everything burned / Wells Tower -- Do not disturb / A.M. Homes -- Gentleman's agreement / Mark Richard -- The girl in the flammable skirt / Aimee Bender -- The caretaker / Anthony Doerr -- I'm slavering / Sam Lipsyte -- The old dictionary / Lydia Davis -- The father's blessing / Mary Caponegro -- The life and work of Alphonse Kauders / Aleksandar Hemon -- The paperhanger / William Gay -- People shouldn't have to be the ones to tell you / Gary Lutz -- Histories of the undead / Kate Braverman -- You drive / Christine Schutt -- When Mr. Pirzada came to dine / Jhumpa Lahiri -- Down the road / Stephen Dixon -- All American / Diane Williams -- X number of possibilities / Joanna Scott -- Two brothers / Brian Evenson -- Tiny, smiling daddy / Mary Gaitskill -- Someone to talk to / Deborah Eisenberg -- Brief interviews with hideous men / David Foster Wallace -- Where I work / Ann Cummins -- The sound gun / Matthew Derby -- Short talks / Anne Carson -- Up the Old Goat Road / Dawn Raffel -- Scarliotti and the sinkhole / Padgett Powell -- Letters to Wendy's / Joe Wenderoth -- Field events / Rick Bass. A collection of twenty-nine short stories that capture the stylistic diversity of American short fiction features contributions by such authors as Rick Bass, David Foster Wallace, Jhumpa Lahiri, Mary Gaitskill, Anthony Doerr, Kate Braverman, A.M. Homes, Sam Lipsyte, and Anne Carson. Short stories, American. United States Social life and customs Fiction. American fiction 20th century. American fiction 21st century. Cuentos estadounidenses Colecciones. Novela estadounidense Siglo XX. Novela estadounidense Siglo XXI. Estados Unidos Vida social y costumbres Novela. Marcus, Ben, 1967- lcc bk 85850 85850 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 1 0 PS 648 A539 2004 00000116005 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 bk