Short Stories
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Franny and Zooey
by J D Salinger
Franny and Zooey is J. D. Salinger's third book, published as such in 1961, its two parts having originally appeared as a short story and a novella in The New Yorker in 1955 and 1957, respectively. Franny and Zooey, a sister and brother both in their 20s, are the two youngest members of the Glass family, which was a frequent focus of Salinger's writings. The action of both parts takes place over a long weekend in November 1955.
Interpreter Of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri
Interpreter of Maladies is a 2000 collection of nine short stories by Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. It was also chosen as The New Yorker's Best Debut of the Year. The stories are about the lives of Indians and Indian Americans who are caught between the culture they have inherited and the "New World" they now find themselves in.
The Complete Stories
by Flannery O'Connor
Mary Flannery O'Connor was an American novelist, short-story writer and essayist.
Her novel, The Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor, won the National Book Award in 1972. This collection of thirty-one short stories is a unique, tangible expression of O’Connor’s projected ideas of the southern United States in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
Included in this collection are twelve stories that are only included in this collection and not in her two other compilations, Everything That Rises Must Converge... Read more about this item
Her novel, The Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor, won the National Book Award in 1972. This collection of thirty-one short stories is a unique, tangible expression of O’Connor’s projected ideas of the southern United States in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
Included in this collection are twelve stories that are only included in this collection and not in her two other compilations, Everything That Rises Must Converge... Read more about this item
Tales Of Mystery and Imagination
by Edgar Allan Poe
Tales of Mystery and Imagination, stories by American author Edgar Allan Poe have been compiled by Padraic Colum into a thrilling collection focused on Poe’s suspenseful stories. The first edition compiled by Padraic Colum was published in 1908 by Geoffrey Newnes Ltd. and includes an introduction by Colum explaining his decision to exclude Poe’s poems, comedies, and essays from the collection. A later 1919 edition, published by George G. Harrap & Co., includes 24 full-page black and white plates...
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Just So Stories
by Rudyard Kipling
The delightful tales of whales and cats and kangaroos and crabs – everything from how the camel got in a humph (and got his hump!) to how the alphabet was invented. Enchanting and funny, these fantastical stories continue to delight each and every generation.With an inspiring written, inspiring introduction by Jonathan Stroud, author of the Bartimaeus trilogy, Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling is one of the twelve wonderful classic stories being relaunched in Puffin Classics in March 2008.
Where I'm Calling From
by Raymond Carver
Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. His first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please (a National Book Award nominee in 1977), was followed by What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Cathedral (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1984), and Where I'm Calling From 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 A New Path to the Waterfall.About the ReaderPeter Riegert...
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Drown
by Junot Diaz
Junot Díaz’s fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The Best American Short Stories. His highly-anticipated first novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, was greeted with rapturous reviews, including Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times calling it “a book that decisively establishes him as one of contemporary fiction's most distinctive and irresistible new voices.” His debut story collection, Drown, published eleven years prior to Oscar Wao, was also...
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Dubliners
by James Joyce
Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. The fifteen stories were meant to be a naturalistic depiction of the Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written at the time when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences.
The Stories Of John Cheever
by John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever is a 1978 short story collection by American author John Cheever. It contains some of his most famous stories, including "The Enormous Radio," "Goodbye, My Brother," "The Country Husband," "The Five-Forty-Eight" and "The Swimmer. " It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1979; the paperback version won the American Book Award for Fiction in 1981.
Girl With Curious Hair
by David Foster Wallace
Girl with Curious Hair is a collection of short stories by David Foster Wallace, first published in 1989. Though they are not related, many of the stories share the theme of society's fascination with celebrity, some using real celebrities, including Alex Trebek, David Letterman and Lyndon Johnson, as fictional characters.
Tales Of the South Pacific
by James A Michener
Tales of the South Pacific is a Pulitzer Prize winning collection of sequentially related short stories about World War II, written by James A. Michener in 1946. The stories were based on observations and anecdotes he collected while stationed as a lieutenant commander in the US Navy on the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands (now known as Vanuatu). The skipper of PT-105 met Michener while stationed at the PT boat base on Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
Men Without Women
by Ernest Hemingway
First published in 1927, Men Without Women is an early Hemingway collection containing fourteen short stories that are beginning to show the normal Hemingway themes: war and it's casualties, the interactions between men and women, sports, and violence.
"Banal Story," "In Another Country," "The Killers," "Ten Indians," "Hills Like White Elephants," "The Undefeated," "Fifty Grand," "In Another Country," "Now I Lay Me," "A Canary for One," and more.
"Banal Story," "In Another Country," "The Killers," "Ten Indians," "Hills Like White Elephants," "The Undefeated," "Fifty Grand," "In Another Country," "Now I Lay Me," "A Canary for One," and more.
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
by Flannery O'Connor
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by American author Flannery O'Connor. The Southern Gothic collection was first published in 1955 by Hartcourt, Brace and Company. The short stories explore O'Connor's grotesque view of life which is often realistic and ultimately hopeful. A Good Man is Hard to Find is her second published work and established O'Connor as a major voice in American literature. Short stories in the collection include "The...
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The Illustrated Man
by Ray Bradbury
The Illustrated Man is a 1951 book of eighteen science fiction short stories by Ray Bradbury that explores the nature of mankind. While none of the stories have a plot or character connection with the next, a recurring theme is the conflict of the cold mechanics of technology and the psychology of people. The unrelated stories are tied together by the frame device of "the Illustrated Man", a vagrant with a tattooed body whom the unnamed narrator meets.
In Our Time
by Ernest Hemingway
In Our Time is the first published collection of Hemingway's short fiction. The book collects several of the author's short stories about American life in the early 1920's, just after WWI. A few of these stories focus on the character Nick Adams.First published in Paris in 1924 by Three Mountains Press under the title in our time - in all lower case - the first state of this work was a set of 18 vignettes and numbered 32 pages in total. Only 300 copies were printed, but due to a printing...
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Haroun and The Sea Of Stories
by Salman Rushdie
Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a 1990 children's book by Salman Rushdie. It was Rushdie's first novel after The Satanic Verses. It is a phantasmagorical story set in a city so old and ruinous that it has forgotten its name. Haroun and the Sea of Stories is an allegory for several problems existing in society today, especially in India and the Indian subcontinent. It looks at these problems from the viewpoint of the young protagonist Haroun.
Civilwarland In Bad Decline
by George Saunders
From the New York Times bestselling author of Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. A New York Times Notable Book "This book is a rare event: a brilliant new satirist bursting out of the gate in full stride, wildly funny, pure, generous—all that a great humorist should be."—Garrison Keillor "An astoundingly tuned voice—graceful, dark, authentic, and funny—telling just the kinds of stories we need to get us through these times."—Thomas...
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Holidays On Ice
by David Sedaris
David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favoritesas the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's tales of tardy trick-or-treaters ("Us and Them"); the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to the French ("Jesus Shaves"); what to do when you've been locked out in a snowstorm ("Let It Snow"); the puzzling Christmas traditions of other nations ("Six to Eight...
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Short Stories Books & Ephemera
Tales From Shakespeare
by Charles And Mary Lamb
George Routledge and Sons, Limited. New York, London and Manchester. George Routledge and Sons, Limited. New York, London and Manchester. Brown paper over boards,Beautiful drawing on front cover. Gold background for Title on spine, with black design and lettering. Very good, solid, end papers and pacedown soiled and yellowed. Back cover stained and spotted, front cover and spine very good. Text is bright, clean and no soiling. Owners EXLIBRIS on front end paper, 'Edith L. Wilson Feb. 20. 1896 H. C....
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£102.78
And Other Stories
by O'Hara, John
Random House, 1968-10-12. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Author. 260/300 slipcased first edition signed by O'Hara on the tipped in limitation sheet. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine and front panel. The binding is tight, spine fully sunned. Text is unmarked. The slipcase shows some light handling, light sunning to the edges. 336pp.
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£49.33
Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Collins Classics)
by Edgar Allan Poe
Paperback / softback. New. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
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£6.38
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
by Ernest Hemingway
Book-of-the-Month Club edition. Tight, clean, unmarked with fine dust jacket.
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£14.22
Family dancing
by David Leavitt
Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1986. Used. Family Dancing is a collection of short stories by David Leavitt, first published August 1, 1984. It comprises nine stories: Aliens Counting Months Danny in Transit Dedicated Family Dancing The Lost Cottage Out Here Radiation Territory
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£12.29
Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection: 16
by Dozois, Gardner
Paperback. Very Good.
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£18.86
Nine Stories
by J. D Salinger
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1953. First Edition, 26th Printing. First edition, 26th printing. Measuring approximately7.75" x 5.25" with 302 numbered pages. This book is in good plus condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine. Minor staining to bottom edge of textblock. Interior pages are bright and clean. Dust jacket is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping and chipping to both ends of spine and top front panel corner. Minor staining to both panels. Original 15.95 price on front flap....
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£123.33
The Turning
by Tim Winton
Picador, 2006. Paperback. Good. 2006. First Published in Paperback. 317 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial paper cover. Signed by the author with dedication to title page. Pages are in good condition with minimal tanning and foxing. Occasional thumb-marking present. Light marking to text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has light edge wear with minimal scuffing to edges and creasing. Light rubbing to surfaces with slight curling to corners. White sticker to rear cover.
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£11.11
Trust Me Short Stories by John Updike
by John Updike
Knopf, First Edition, First Printing, 1987. Knopf, First Edition, First Printing 04/12/1987. Light Blue paper over boards/dark cloth dark blue spine silver lettering. Near Mint, clean, bright, no soilind or yellowing./DJ Very Good+. vibrant, clean, very slight scratches to back as in indentation ,no penetration, back flap has a fold mark. not clipped, $17.95. Here is trust betrayed -- and fulfilled. Here are husbands and wives as only Updike knows them, leaving each other, loving each other, often at...
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£53.44
THE PENGUIN CENTURY OF AUSTRALIAN STORIES
by Various, Australian
This is a first edition copy of The Penguin Century of Australian Writers, an anthology of the best short stories written in the 20th century by 100 Australian authors.
It is 733 pages of short stories, plus a biographical timeline and a publication timeline. No adornment. It also has a biographical timeline and a publication timeline.
As you can see, the cover has some wear, and it has been taped from behind at the top of the spine. The first 5 pages have a crease that you see in the photos. Other than... Read more about this item
It is 733 pages of short stories, plus a biographical timeline and a publication timeline. No adornment. It also has a biographical timeline and a publication timeline.
As you can see, the cover has some wear, and it has been taped from behind at the top of the spine. The first 5 pages have a crease that you see in the photos. Other than... Read more about this item
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£23.96
Selected Stories
by Pritchett, V. S
. Very Good. 0701123052. Chatto & Windus, bright clean copy no markings, with price-clipped dustjacket, Professional booksellers since 1981 Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1978. Hardcover.
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£15.00
THE COLLECTED STORIES OF WALLACE STEGNER
by Stegner, Wallace
NY: Random House, 1990. First edition, first prnt. Faint embossed decoration on the front free endpage; dustjacket with minimal rubbing on the rear panel. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£24.67
After Rain
by William Trevor
PAPERBACK EDITION.CREASES TO SPINENew York: Penguin Adult, 1997. Used. After Rain - Twelve remarkable stories by the master storyteller William Trevor 'There is no better short story writer in the English-speaking world' Wall Street Journal In this collection of twelve dazzling, acutely rendered tales, William Trevor plumbs the depths of the human heart. Here we encounter a blind piano tuner whose wonderful memories of his first wife are cruelly distorted by his second; a woman in a difficult marriage...
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£40.08
Complete Works Of Guy De Maupassant,the Mad and Short Stories
by De Maupassant Guy
Leslie-Judge Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1917. Cloth, hardcover. Green cloth boards with black border & insignia on the front cover, title panelled in gilt on the spine. Spine ends and corners are bumped, rubbing to the covers, very light fosing on the end papers, in very good condition. Frontispiece of an man and woman in an embrace, a clean interior. (unmarked) Translations and critical and interpretative essays by Sumichrast, Cohn, Olinger, Cohn-McMaster, Ranous & Fitzhugh. ; 12mo...
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£12.73
BABYLON REVISITED & OTHER STORIES (The Scribner Library of Contemporary Classics)
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Scribner Paper Fiction, 1960. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£5.32
GHOSTWRITING: Tales of the Supernatural (Signed Copy)
by Harding, Traci
Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Voyager (Harper Collins Imprint), 2002. 419pp. Book clean and square. A minor reading crease on lightly chipped spine. Illustrated card wrapper mildly bumped and edgeworn. A twelve-word inscription, signed by author on half-title page, else leaves unmarked, but slightly tanned. A series of six ghost stories from the pen of Australian-born best-selling writer Traci Harding (b. 1964). Contents include: Prelims., Prologue, A Piece Of Time / Ghostwriting / The Detox Factor / In the...
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£15.88
Seven Gothic Tales
by Isak Dinesen
New York: Modern Library, 1961. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. 9810 shelf. NOT an ML 1st. ML#74. Black & gold-stamped green cloth, small bkplate verso front cover. Clean text. 415 titles listed verso chipped dust jacket w/ closed tears.
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£8.22
FLOWERING JUDAS AND OTHER STORIES
by Porter, Katherine Anne
NY: The Modern Library. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket; Previous owners name inside. 1935. Hardback. 285 pages .
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£14.80
Hungarian Short Stories
by Various
Corvina, 1962. hardcover. Good/Acceptable Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). A large proportion of the back of the jacket is missing. Published by Corvina in 1962. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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£16.99
Twice-Told Tales
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A fine hardcover copy, good tight straight bindings with no interior markings. The Heritage Press, New York, 1966. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 24 short stories by master American storyteller Nathaniel Hawthorne, in a deluxe reprint edition by the Heritage Press. Selected and introduced by Wallace Stegner, and with color illustrations by Valenti Angelo. --- In patterned gold paper-covered boards backed in gold cloth, with gilt-stamped spine titling & decorations on grey block.
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£20.56
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction - May 2008
by Gordon Van Gelder (Editor)
Spilogale Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2008. First edition.
Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear, light wrinkling near spine and on rear cover.
Includes stories and articles by Rachel Pollack, Albert E. Cowdrey, Alex Jeffers, M. Rickert, George Tucker, Robert Reed, S.L. GIlbow, Paul Di Filippo, Charles de Lint, Elizabeth Hand, Kathi Maio, and David Langford. Art by Bill Long, Danny Shanahan and Arthur Masear.
Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear, light wrinkling near spine and on rear cover.
Includes stories and articles by Rachel Pollack, Albert E. Cowdrey, Alex Jeffers, M. Rickert, George Tucker, Robert Reed, S.L. GIlbow, Paul Di Filippo, Charles de Lint, Elizabeth Hand, Kathi Maio, and David Langford. Art by Bill Long, Danny Shanahan and Arthur Masear.
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£3.56
Difficulties of a Bridegroom
by Ted Hughes
Clean, unmarked copy with minor wear to the edges and corners.
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£7.56
