Short Fiction by 33 Writers: 3 x 33 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0155104802 ISBN 13: 9780155104808

Publisher: Thomson / Wadsworth Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

Offering 3 stories by 33 authors, 3 X 33 combines both a breadth and depth not seen in other contemporary or modern short fiction anthologies.

About this title

About the Author:

Mark Winegardner is the Burroway Professor of English at Florida State University. He is the author of the novels The Veracruz Blues and Crooked River Burning and the short story collection, That's True of Everybody. His novel The Godfather Returns¿a sequel to Mario Puzo's The Godfather¿will be published in November of 2004. For more information, go to http://markwinegardner.com.

Review:

"3 X 33 may be unique in combining both breadth and depth in its selection of contemporary authors. For instructors looking for a short fiction anthology focused on mid-to-late Twentieth Century works with a good selection from each author, 3 X 33 may be ideal."

"The selections, for the most part, are great. I think Winegardner avoids the mistake of selecting stories just because they are easily 'teachable'. So many anthologies do this and you're left to wonder why the student is being asked to read the least ambitious of, say, Alice Munro's stories."

"I think the selections are terrific, and the ideas underlying the book are also terrific."

"The alphabetical arrangement of the course material seems democratic and not overly prescriptive, as organizing the material historically might be."

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomson / Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0155104802
• ISBN 13: 9780155104808
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1200
• Editor: Mark Winegardner