{"product_id":"american-short-story-masterpieces-a-rich-selection-of-recent-fiction-from-americas-best-modern-writers-paperback","title":"American Short Story Masterpieces: A Rich Selection of Recent Fiction from America's Best Modern Writers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRaymond Carver\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTom Jenks\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis highly acclaimed collection of short stories by American writers contains only the best literary art of the past four decades.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Editors Raymond Carver and Tom Jenks have selected fiction that \"tells a story\"-and tells it with a masterful handling of language, situation, and insight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But what is so special about this volume is that it mirrors our age, our concerns, and our lives. Whether it's the end of a marriage, as in Bobbie Ann Manson's \"\u003ci\u003eShiloh\u003c\/i\u003e,\" or the struggle with self-esteem and weight in Andre Dubus's\u003ci\u003e \"The Fat Girl,\"\u003c\/i\u003e the 36 works included her probe issues that give us that \"shock of recognition\" that is the hallmark of great art--wonderful, absorbing fiction that will be read and reread for decades to come.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. His first collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eWill You Please Be Quiet, Please\u003c\/i\u003e (a National Book Award nominee in 1977), was followed by \u003ci\u003eWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Love, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCathedral\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1984), and \u003ci\u003eWhere I'm Calling From\u003c\/i\u003e in 1988, when he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died in August of that year, shortly after completing the poems of \u003ci\u003eA New Path to the Waterfall.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.12 x 6.91 x 4.21 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378844385458,"sku":"9780440204237","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/0cdb07de1f05a40c7aa0b8a485938416.webp?v=1777748068","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/american-short-story-masterpieces-a-rich-selection-of-recent-fiction-from-americas-best-modern-writers-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}