The Best American Short Stories 1979 [Hardcover]

Shannon Ravenel (Editor), Joyce Carol Oates (Editor)

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Book Description

Publication Date: October 30, 1979

Short stories by A. Sanford, Lyn Coffin, Mary Hedin, Rolf Yngve, Sean Virgo, Paul Bowles, Saul Bellow, Maxine Kumin, Jean Thompson, Louis D. Rubin, Peter Lasalle, Robley Wilson, Herbert Wilner, Isaac B. Singer, Alice Munro, Rosellen Brown, William Styron, Bernard Malamud, Kaatjie Hurlbut, Ruth McLaughlin, Shannon Ravenel, Donald Barthelme, Flannery O'Connor, Joyce Carol Oates, Silvia Tennenbaum, Jayne Anne Philips, and Lynne Sharon Schwartz.

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About the Author

JOYCE CAROL OATES -- novelist, essayist, critic, poet, playwright, teacher, and short story writer -- is one of the preeminent literary figures and social critics of the twentieth century. Her honors include an NEA grant, a Guggenheim fellowship, the PEN/Malamud Lifetime Achievement Award, and the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Lifetime Achievement in American Literature. She is also a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. The Falls is her most recent novel.

Product Details

Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; First edition. edition (October 30, 1979)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0395277698
ISBN-13: 978-0395277690
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,074,466 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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