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A collection of short stories--selected by the editors of the magazines in which they originally appeared--includes works by Margaret Atwood, Andre Dubus, John Gardner, and Trevanian
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For readers without the time to page through the 18 magazines represented here, this anthology is an excellent selection of the year's short stories. Gail Galloway Adams describes a girl's crush on her charming brother-in-law, a bantamweight redneck with the "Inside Dope." In Mary Gordon's "The Dancing Party," a contemporary social roundelay is sketched with the jaunty rhythm and sad undertone of a Gershwin song. A young woman tries to make sense of her threatening, chaotic city in Amy Herrick's "In the Air, Over Our Heads." Tim O'Brien takes us to Vietnam for his elegiac litany of foot soldiers and "The Things They Carried." Also included: works by Margaret Atwood, Russell Banks, Thomas McGuane, Sue Miller and Elizabeth Tallent.
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There are stories here from such unlikely bunkmates as Playboy and Ms. , Harper's and Seventeen , plus several small-press journals. The latter put the slicks to shame; the Ms. and Redbook entries seem written according to formula, for example, while the Tendril and Ploughshares stories are very good and the TriQuarterly one is pure magic. Apparently, mainstream fiction helps sell mouthwash while the small presses hawk quality literature. Then again, mainstream fiction is used here to sell small-press work; the reader who picks up this anthology for the Cosmopolitan story may read further. A good buy for smaller and newer libraries, though established collections could do better. David Kirby, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee
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- PublisherBantam
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0553052411
- ISBN 13 9780553052411
- BindingHardcover
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The Editor's Choice, Volume IV, The Best Short Fiction for 1987 [NOT a library discard]
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Bantam Books, Toronto, New York, London
(1987)
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ISBN 13: 9780553052411
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. Toronto, New York, London: Bantam Books, 1987. NOT a library discard. Fine condition in a Very Good+ dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($17.95). NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. Appears unread. First Printing of the First Edition, with complete number row (0987654321) on the copyright page. Contains stories by Margaret Atwood, Thomas McGuane, Russell Banks, Gail Galloway Adams, Robert Cohen and 13 others. Bound in the original purple boards with a green cloth spine stamped in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo. xiv, 273pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Seller Inventory # 021313
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