EAN: 9780593801918

A CENTURY OF FICTION IN THE NEW YORKER

Edited by The New Yorker 's fiction editor  Deborah Treisman  a celebratory selection from one
hundred years of short stories in the magazine which has been the most influential and
important showcase for the form and has launched dozens of stellar careers in fiction   There
is simply no A–Z like the alphabet of fiction writers who have appeared in the pages of The New
Yorker in the last hundred years. The book boasts inarguable classics like Salinger’s “A
Perfect Day for Bananafish ” Annie Proulx’s “Brokeback Mountain ” and Shirley Jackson’s “The
Lottery” alongside stunners to be rediscovered. Some stories defined a moment or a now-lost
world (Isaac Bashevis Singer’s “The Cafeteria”)  others showed us a whole new way fiction could
sound and feel (“The Red Girl ” by Jamaica Kincaid).   With this vivid selection  Treisman
showcases how our fiction has changed over time  and reminds us that past literary fashions
continue to ripple outward in the fiction we love today. What does a Donald Barthelme mean to
the craft of short fiction now? What will a Yiyun Li mean to the next generation of readers and
writers? This exquisite tour of the form as practiced at its highest level will leap directly
into the hearts of readers of all ages  all stripes  and is a beautiful tribute to the
magazine's influence on our literary culture over the last century.

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