{"product_id":"the-art-of-the-story-isbn-9780140296389","title":"The Art of the Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn anthology featuring contemporary masters of the short story around the globe, including Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Joyce Carol Oates, Martin Amis, and more\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing the immense success of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Art of the Tale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, Daniel Halpern has assembled the next generation of short-story writers—those born after 1937—to create a companion volume, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Art of the Story\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e Attesting to the depth, range, and continued popularity of short fiction, this collection includes seventy-eight contributors from thirty-five countries. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Art of the Story\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e combines the best of the established masters as well as the fresh, new voices of writers whose work has seldom been translated into English.The Art of the Story\u003cb\u003ePreface\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eAma Ata Aidoo, \u003cb\u003eGhana\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Gift from Somewhere\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHanan Al-Shaykh, \u003cb\u003eLebanon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Keeper of the Virgins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulia Alvarez, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmor Divino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMartin Amis, \u003cb\u003eEngland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Immortals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReinaldo Arenas, \u003cb\u003eCuba\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Glass Tower\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Atwood, \u003cb\u003eCanada\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilderness Tips\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToni Cade Bambara, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGorilla, My Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRussell Banks, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Mother's Memoirs, My Father's Lie, and Other True Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicola Barker, \u003cb\u003eEngland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eG-String\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulian Barnes, \u003cb\u003eEngland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvermore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Bausch, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAren't You Happy for Me?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnn Beattie, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Amalfi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eT. Coraghessan Boyle, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRara Avis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Olen  Butler, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMr. Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Carey, \u003cb\u003eAustralia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fat Man in History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAngela Carter, \u003cb\u003eEngland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Courtship of Mr. Lyon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaymond Carver, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAre These Actual Miles?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatrick Chamoiseau, \u003cb\u003eMartinique\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Old Man Slave and the Mastiff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVikram Chandra, \u003cb\u003eIndia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDharma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSandra Cisneros, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNever Marry a Mexican\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJim Crace, \u003cb\u003eEngland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Prospect from the Silver Hills\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdwidge Danticat, \u003cb\u003eHaiti\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNight Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLydia Davis, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe House Behind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniele del Giudice, \u003cb\u003eItaly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll Because of the Mistake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJunot Díaz, \u003cb\u003eDominican Republic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYsrael\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatricia Duncker, \u003cb\u003eEngland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetrayal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuong Thu Huong, \u003cb\u003eVietnam\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReflections of Spring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeborah Eisenberg, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Left Her Sock on the Floor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNathan Englander, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Twenty-seventh Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVictor Erofeyev, \u003cb\u003eRussia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Parakeet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePéter Esterházy, \u003cb\u003eHungary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoberto Narrates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNuruddin Farah, \u003cb\u003eSomalia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Father, The Englishman, and I\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Ford, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOptimists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEduardo Galeano, \u003cb\u003eUruguay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Lizard Who Had the Habit of Dining on His Wives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHervé Guibert, \u003cb\u003eFrance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hammam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbdulrazak Gurnah, \u003cb\u003eTanzania\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEscort\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarry Hannah, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMidnight and I'm Not Famous Yet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Høeg, \u003cb\u003eDenmark\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePortrait of the Avant-Garde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePawel Huelle, \u003cb\u003ePoland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoving House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKazuo Ishiguro, \u003cb\u003eEngland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Family Supper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoy Jacobsen, \u003cb\u003eNorway\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEncounter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdward P. Jones, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Kelman, \u003cb\u003eScotland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRemember Young Cecil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHanif Kureishi, \u003cb\u003eEngland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntimacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTorgny Lindgren, \u003cb\u003eSweden\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Stump-Grubber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBobbie Ann Mason, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColum McCann, \u003cb\u003eIreland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverything in This Country Must\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIan McEwan, \u003cb\u003eWales\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePornography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteven Millhauser, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBehind the Blue Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLorrie Moore, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Morris, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lifeguard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMohammed Mrabet, \u003cb\u003eMorocco\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Canebrake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBharati Mukherjee, \u003cb\u003eIndia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Management of Grief\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMurathan Mungan, \u003cb\u003eTurkey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMuradhan and Selvihan or The Tale of the Crystal Kiosk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaruki Murakami, \u003cb\u003eJapan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Elephant Vanishes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoyce Carol Oates, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark of Satan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBen Okri, \u003cb\u003eNigeria\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmos Oz, \u003cb\u003eIsrael\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere the Jackals Howl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVictor Pelevin, \u003cb\u003eRussia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life and Adventures of Shed Number XII\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancine Prose, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTalking Dog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSalman Rushdie, \u003cb\u003eEngland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Free Radio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKen Saro-Wiwa, \u003cb\u003eNigeria\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfrica Kills Her Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIngo Schulze, \u003cb\u003eGermany\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGraham Swift, \u003cb\u003eEngland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLearning to Swim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAntonio Tabucchi, \u003cb\u003eItaly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Riddle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNgugi wa Thiong'o, \u003cb\u003eKenya\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinutes of Glory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTatyana Tolstaya, \u003cb\u003eRussia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Golden Porch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRose Tremain, \u003cb\u003eEngland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn-Jin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLuisa Valenzuela, \u003cb\u003eArgentina\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho, Me a Bum?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdmund White, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCinnamon Skin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZoë Wicomb, \u003cb\u003eSouth Africa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou Can't Get Lost in Cape Town\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Edgar Wideman, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoc's Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoy Williams, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Farm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeanne Wilmot, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDirt Angel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeanette Winterson, \u003cb\u003eEngland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Green Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTobias Wolff, \u003cb\u003eUnited States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Night in Question\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan Xue, \u003cb\u003eChina\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Child Who Raised Poisonous Snakes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBanana Yoshimoto, \u003cb\u003eJapan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBiographical Notes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A grand convocation of writers from across the globe - middle-aged and young, famous and obscure.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eNewsweek \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"One of the best primers to appear in years . . . Running the gamut from high farce to domestic realism, these tales celebrate the artistic liveliness of short fiction today.\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoston Phoenix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Halpern\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eight collections of poetry, and has received numerous grants and awards (including fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the 1993 PEN Publisher Citation). For twenty-five years he edited the literary magazine \u003ci\u003eAntaeus\u003c\/i\u003e. 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