The best American short stories of the century
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1999].
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"The Best American Short Stories of the Century brings together the best of the best - fifty-five extraordinary stories that represent a century's worth of unsurpassed accomplishments in this quintessentially American literary genre. Here are the stories that have endured the test of time: masterworks by such writers as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Saroyan, Flannery O'Connor, John Cheever, Eudora Welty, Philip Roth, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, Cynthia Ozick, and others. These are the writers who have shaped and defined the landscape of the American short story, who have unflinchingly explored all aspects of the human condition, and whose works will continue to speak to us as we enter the next century."--Jacket.

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Titles selected by John Updike from the 1915 through 1998 editions of The best American short stories series.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"The Best American Short Stories of the Century brings together the best of the best - fifty-five extraordinary stories that represent a century's worth of unsurpassed accomplishments in this quintessentially American literary genre. Here are the stories that have endured the test of time: masterworks by such writers as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Saroyan, Flannery O'Connor, John Cheever, Eudora Welty, Philip Roth, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, Cynthia Ozick, and others. These are the writers who have shaped and defined the landscape of the American short story, who have unflinchingly explored all aspects of the human condition, and whose works will continue to speak to us as we enter the next century."--Jacket.
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Updike, J., & Kenison, K. (1999). The best American short stories of the century. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.

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Updike, John and Katrina. Kenison. 1999. The Best American Short Stories of the Century. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.

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Updike, John and Katrina. Kenison, The Best American Short Stories of the Century. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1999.

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Updike, John. and Katrina Kenison. The Best American Short Stories of the Century. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1999.

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