The Granta Book Of The American Long Story

Author:   Richard Ford
Publisher:   Granta Books
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9781862072770


Pages:   720
Publication Date:   14 June 1999
Format:   Paperback
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Since Richard Ford's highly praised The Granta Book of the American Short Story was originally published in 1992, it has become one of the most cited and respected collections available. Now Ford brings together eleven of the finest American examples of a less recognised and more indeterminate literary form called the novella, otherwise known as the long story. Drawing from each decade since the 1940s, Ford selects long stories by Edwidge Danticat, Stanley Elkin, Ernest J. Gaines, Barry Hannah, Joyce Carol Oates, Cynthia Ozick, Philip Roth, Jane Smiley, William Styron, Peter Taylor and Eudora Welty. This deliciously eclectic collection provides a powerful introduction to an often overlooked art form and promises to delight all lovers of American fiction.

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Author:   Richard Ford
Publisher:   Granta Books
Imprint:   Granta Books
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 19.70cm
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9781862072770


ISBN 10:   1862072779
Pages:   720
Publication Date:   14 June 1999
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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In his introduction, Richard Ford, himself the author of a number of excellent long stories, considers the matter of size: the novella is free of the constraints of the short story and unencumbered by the baggy inclusiveness of the full-length novel. But as always, while you wouldn't say length is irrelevant, it's what you do with it that counts. There are superb stories in this collection by authors such as Eudora Welty, Philip Roth and Jane Smiley. (Kirkus UK)


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Richard Ford was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1944. He is the author of three collections of short stories, Rock Springs, Women Without Men and A Multitude of Sins, and six novels, A Piece of My Heart, The Ultimate Good Luck, Wildlife, The Sportswriter, Independence Day (which won the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner award in 1996) and The Lay of the Land. He is the editor of The Granta Book of the American Short Story and The Granta Book of the American Long Story.

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