Twenty contemporary authors introduce twenty sterling examples of the short story from the pages of The Paris Review.
What does it take to write a great short story? In Object Lessons, twenty contemporary masters of the genre answer that question, sharing favorite stories from the pages of The
Paris Review. Over the course of the last half century, the Review has launched hundreds of careers while publishing some of the most inventive and best-loved stories of our time. This
anthology---the first of its kind---is more than a treasury: it is an indispensable resource for writers, students, and anyone else who wants to understand fiction from a writer�� point of
view.
"Some chose classics. Some chose stories that were new even to us. Our hope is that this collection will be useful to young writers, and to others interested in literary technique. Most of
all, it is intended for readers who are not (or are no longer) in the habit of reading short stories. We hope these object lessons will remind them how varied the form can be, how vital it
remains, and how much pleasure it can give."---from the Editors��Note
WITH SELECTIONS BY
Daniel Alarc籀n 繚 Donald Barthelme 繚 Ann Beattie 繚 David Bezmozgis 繚 Jorge Luis Borges 繚 Jane Bowles 繚 Ethan Canin 繚 Raymond Carver 繚 Evan S. Connell 繚 Bernard Cooper 繚 Guy Davenport 繚 Lydia
Davis 繚 Dave Eggers 繚 Jeffrey Eugenides 繚 Mary Gaitskill 繚 Thomas Glynn 繚 Aleksandar Hemon 繚 Amy Hempel 繚 Mary-Beth Hughes 繚 Denis Johnson 繚 Jonathan Lethem 繚 Sam Lipsyte 繚 Ben Marcus 繚 David
Means 繚 Leonard Michaels 繚 Steven Millhauser 繚 Lorrie Moore 繚 Craig Nova 繚 Daniel Orozco 繚 Mary Robison 繚 Norman Rush 繚 James Salter 繚 Mona Simpson 繚 Ali Smith 繚 Wells Tower 繚 Dallas Wiebe 繚
Joy Williams
