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Short stories by twenty-two of America's most talented writers reveal some of the remarkable worlds that comprise modern California: the fast-paced urban centers of Los Angeles and San Francisco, the farmlands of the Central Valley, the lakes of the Sierra Nevada, the deserts, beaches, small towns, ranches, and redwood forests. Each story plunges the reader among people whose lives are variously chaotic, quirky, heroic, desperate, driven, or redemptive, but always compelling. Here, we witness a Japanese immigrant's lonely new life, the emotional upheaval of a couple after an earthquake, a California Indian girl's coming of age, a black runaway's search for shelter and companionship, a fire lookout's encounter with a disturbing visitor atop Mount Whitney. California Shorts provides a vivid, moving, and unforgettable portrait of the many faces of California. It also convincingly shows the vitality and power of today's short story, which, as editor Steven Gilbar notes, "more than any other literary form, best captures contemporary California on the wing." This is American writing at its best.
About the Author:
Steven Gilbar is the editor of numerous anthologies about California, including Natural State: A Literary Anthology of California Nature Writing (University of California Press). Other collections include Santa Barbara Stories (John Daniel and Company), Red Tiles Blue Skies: More Tales of Santa Barbara from Adobe Days to Present Days (John Daniel and Company), and Reading in Bed: Personal Essays on the Glories of Reading (David R. Godine). He currently lives in Santa Barbara.
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- PublisherHeyday Books
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 189077118X
- ISBN 13 9781890771188
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages339
- EditorGilbar Steven
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