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The Best American Short Stories of the Century: Volume 1 on Tape
 
Author: Raymond Carver, E.B. White, Bernard Malamud, and more
Narrator: John Updike, Tim O'Brien, Jill McCorkle, and more
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
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Running Time: 5 Hrs. 30 Min.


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The Best American Short Stories of the Century: Volume 1

The Best American Short Stories of the Century: Volume 1

by Raymond Carver




For eighty-four years, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers and showcased the most compelling stories of each year. Editor John Updike has chosen selections from these volumes that have endured the test of time, and the result is a "spectacular tapestry of fictional achievement" (Entertainment Weekly). This audio edition of The Best American Short Stories of the Century features a wide variety of beloved readers and dazzling stories that will take listeners on a trip through "America and the 20th century -- at its best" (Wall Street Journal).

Contents: Wild Plums by Grace Stone Coates, read by Ashley Warlick. Here We Are by Dorothy Parker, read by Meg Wolitzer. Christmas Gift by Robert Penn Warren, read by Christopher Tilghman. The Hitch-Hikers by Eudora Welty, read by Jill McCorkle. The Second Tree from the Corner by E. B. White, read by Donald Hall. The German Refugee by Bernard Malamud, read by Alan Cheuse. A City of Churches by Donald Barthelme, read by Rick Moody. Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver, read by Charles Baxter. You're Ugly, Too by Lorrie Moore, read by Lorrie Moore. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, read by Tim O'Brien. Proper Library by Carolyn Ferrell, read by Carolyn Ferrell.



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  • Published: November 1999
  • LearnOutLoud.com Product ID: T019615
Available On Volumes ISBN ISBN-13
Cassette 4 Tapes 0618013202 9780618013203

 Literature  Short Stories
 Literature  American Classics

 

This Author: Raymond Carver
This Narrator: John Updike, Tim O'Brien, Jill McCorkle
This Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
 
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