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Klappentext Richard Ford, one of the finest American novelists and short-story writers, introduced the first Granta Book of the American Short Story, which Granta Books published in 1992. It became the definitive anthology of American short fiction written in the last half of the twentieth century. In the fourteen years since, Ford has been reading new stories and rereading old ones and selecting new favourites. This new collection, again of more than forty writers, expands Ford's original choice to include stories that he regretted overlooking first time around as well as many by a new generation of writers, among them Sherman Alexie, Junot Diaz, Deborah Eisenberg, Nell Freudenberg, Matt Klam, Jhumpa Lahiri and Z. Z. Packer. None of the stories (though a few of the writers) was in the first volume. Published to critical acclaim in hardback in 2007, this book is an essential companion volume to the first collection. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction vii Ladies in Spring Eudora Welty 1 Reunion John Cheever 14 Ship Island: The Story of a Mermaid Elizabeth Spencer 17 Friends Grace Paley 43 The Artificial Nigger Flannery O'Connor 55Louise Erdrichand Tobias Wolff Oh, Joseph, I'm So Tired Richard Yates 75 Me and Miss Mandible Donald Barthelme 98 Natural Color John Updike 110 The Half-Skinned Steer Annie Proulx 120 Killings Andre Dubus 135 Helping Robert Stone 153 Errand Raymond Carver 180 Where Is Here? Joyce Carol Oates 192 The Management of Grief Bharati Mukherjee 201 The Palatski Man Stuart Dybek 217 Get Some Young Barry Hannah 233 The Farm Joy Williams 262 Mr. Green Robert Olen Butler 275 The Pugilist at Rest Thom Jones 285 Ancient History Richard Bausch 303 Firelight Tobias Wolff 322 The Custodian Deborah Eisenberg 333 The Rabbit Hole as Likely Explanation Ann Beattie 358 The Miracle at Ballinspittle T. C. Boyle 381 American Stories 14/5/08 13:02 Page v Work Denis Johnson 390 Nothing to Ask For Dennis McFarland 397 Grit Tom Franklin 412 A New Man Edward P. Jones 433 Blue Boy Kevin Canty 446 Anthropology Andrea Lee 462 The Plague of Doves Louise Erdrich 474 A Romantic Weekend Mary Gaitskill 487 Two Dogs Steve Yarbrough 507 People Like That Are the Only People Here: Canonical Babbling in Peed Onk Lorrie Moore 525 CivilWarLand in Bad Decline George Saunders 556 Issues I Dealt With in Therapy Matthew Klam 573 The Toughest Indian in the World Sherman Alexie 603 A Temporary Matter Jhumpa Lahiri 614 Aurora Junot Díaz 631 The Tumblers Nathan Englander 643 Devotion Adam Haslett 666 The Ant of the Self ZZ Packer 681 Stars of Motown Shining Bright Julie Orringer 704 Lucky Girls Nell Freudenberger 727 Acknowledgements 751 ...
