The best American short stories, 1982 /

This new volume in the popular series contains "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver, "Coach" by Mary Robinson, "Theft" by Joyce Carol Oates and "The Dolphin Story" by Joyce Renwick; other authors represented include Hames Ferry, Joanna Higgins, Fred Licht and Alvin G...

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Other Authors: Gardner, John, 1933-1982 (Editor), Ravenel, Shannon (Editor), Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988 (Contributor), Ferry, James (Fiction writer) (Contributor), Higgins, Joanna, 1945- (Contributor), Hauptmann, William (Contributor), Licht, Fred (Contributor), Robison, Mary (Contributor), Johnson, Charles, 1948- (Contributor), Baker, Nicholson (Contributor), Renwick, Joyce (Contributor), McLaughlin, Lissa, 1952- (Contributor), Gupta, Roberta (Contributor), Greenberg, Alvin (Contributor), Smith, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1943-2016 (Contributor), Baxter, Charles, 1947- (Contributor), Milton, Edith (Contributor), Freeman, Anne Hobson, 1934- (Contributor), Rosner, Anne F. (Contributor), MacMillan, Ian, 1941-2008 (Contributor), Coggeshall, Rosanne, 1946-2009 (Contributor), Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982.
Series:Best American series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cathedral / Raymond Carver
  • Dancing ducks and talking anus / James Ferry
  • The courtship of Widow Sobcek / Joanna Higgins
  • Good rockin' tonight / William Hauptmann
  • Shelter the pilgrim / Fred Licht
  • Coach / Mary Robison
  • Exchange value / Charles Johnson
  • K. 590 / Nicholson Baker
  • The dolphin story / Joyce Renwick
  • The continental heart / Lissa McLaughlin
  • The Café de Paris / Roberta Gupta
  • The power of language is such that even a single word taken truly to heart can change everything / Alvin Greenberg
  • The gift horse's mouth / R.E. Smith
  • Harmony of the world / Charles Baxter
  • Coming over / Edith Milton
  • The girl who was no kin to the Marshalls / Anne Hobson Freeman
  • Prize tomatoes / Anne F. Rosner
  • Proud monster--sketches / Ian MacMillan
  • Lamb says / Rosanne Coggeshall
  • Theft / Joyce Carol Oates.