’The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story’ & ‘Penguin Modern Stories’ 1969-72
THE PENGUIN BOOK OF THE MODERN AMERICAN SHORT STORY
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THE LESSON: Toni Cade Bambara
A CONVERSATION WITH MY FATHER: Grace Paley
THE ONES WHO WALK AWAY FROM OMELAS by Ursula K. Le Guin
BICYCLES, MUSCLES, CIGARETTES: Raymond Carver
THE FLOWERS: Alice Walker
THE RED CONVERTIBLE: Louise Erdrich
THE REENCOUNTER: Isaac Bashevis Singer
TAKING CARE: Joy Williams
STORY: Lydia Davis
CHINA: Charles Johnson
PET MILK: Stuart Dybek
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Susan Sontag
SALVADOR LATE OR EARLY: Sandra Cisneros
THE THINGS THEY CARRIED: Tim O’Brien
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RIVER OF NAMES (1988): Dorothy Allison
EMERGENCY: Denis Johnson
STICKS by George Saunders
FIESTA, 1980: Junot Díaz
SILENCE: Lucia Berlin
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH MAN: Nathan Englander
BULLET IN THE BRAIN: Tobias Wolff
THE HERMIT’S STORY: Rick Bass
A TEMPORARY MATTER: Jhumpa Lahiri
THE PENTHOUSE: Andrew Holleran
THE FIX: Percival Everett
WATER CHILD: Edwidge Danticat
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THE AMERICAN EMBASSY: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
THE CONDUCTOR: Aleksandar Hemon
ST. LUCY’S HOME FOR GIRLS RAISED BY WOLVES: Karen Russell
THE LAST THING WE NEED: Claire Vaye Watkins
THE PAPER MENAGERIE: Ken Liu
THE DUNE: Stephen King
DIEM PERDIDI: Julie Otsuka
THE GREAT SILENCE by Ted Chiang
THE MIDNIGHT ZONE: Lauren Groff
ANYONE CAN DO IT: Manuel Muñoz
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PENGUIN MODERN STORIES
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THE TALKING TREES by Sean O’Faolain
LADIES WITHOUT ESCORT by Olivia Manning
THE MUSE by Anthony Burgess
FOREIGNERS by Penelope Gilliatt
DEAD CERT by Sean O’Faolain
THE SNAKE TEMPLE by Francis King
IN THE CONSERVATORY by Susan Hill
SISTERS: Elizabeth Taylor
TO THE CAMP AND BACK by Francis King
THE GRASS WIDOWS by William Trevor
AN EXCUSE FOR A PARTY by A. L. Barker
THE PSYCHOANALYTIC SPECIAL by Philip Roth
DOWN AT THE HYDRO by William Sansom
HOW SOON CAN I LEAVE? by Susan Hill
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The Excursion to the Source by Elizabeth Taylor
ANOTHER DAY by Dan Jacobson
A SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT by Nadine Gordimer
THE WAIT by John Updike
AN ACTOR’S LIFE FOR ME by Philip Roth
MOBIUS THE STRIPPER by Gabriel Josipovici
CROSSING THE ALPS by Margret Drabble
THROUGH THE WILDERNESS by Dan Jacobson
THE MARMALADE BIRD by William Sansom
WATCH IT by A.L. Barker
I SPY A STRANGER by Jean Rhys
DEATH BY DROWNING by Maggie Ross
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BECH IN ROMANIA (1966) by John Updike
OUR WIFE by V.S. Pritchett
THE AGENT by Gabriel Josipovici
THE EDITOR REGRETS by V.S. Pritchett
THE SPECIAL PAIR by Maggie Ross
SOIR DE FÊTE by Ruth Fainlight
PROPERTY by Penelope Gilliatt
TOO MUCH TROUBLE by Kingsley Amis
FINKEL by Jay Neugeboren
THE EXPATRIATES by Ruth Fainlight
MAN AND DAUGHTER IN THE COLD by John Updike
DEAR ILLUSION (1972) by Kingsley Amis
TEMPS PERDI by Jean Rhys
LA BRUTTA VERITÀ by Brian Glanville
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DAY OF DECISION by R. Prawer Jhabvala
THE VOICES by Gabriel Josipovici
ALMOST AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT by A.L. Barker
Something is Moving Just Under the Skin by Frederick Busch
FALSE, IMPOSSIBLE SHORE by C. J. Driver
BATTLE FOR THE HILL by Yehuda Amichai
YOU CAN’T BUY IT (1972) by Ian Cochrane
ABROAD by Nadine Gordimer
HELL WILL NEVER BE FULL (1972) by Ian Cochrane
TWO MORE UNDER THE INDIAN SUN by R. Prawer Jhabvala
JOE by Jay Neugeboren
THE LAST TO GO by Penelope Gilliatt
THE PASS by Jay Neugeboren
AN OBSESSIVE ACT OF CREATION, OR DESTRUCTION by Maggie Ross
NINA OF ASKELON by Yehuda Amichai
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ROMAN SUMMER by Brian Glanville
A MAN OF MYSTERY by Shiva Naipaul
THE POLICE by David Zane Mairowitz
THE GRACE by David Zane Mairowitz
THE FOUNTAIN TREE by David Plante
THE FIFTEEN DOLLAR EAGLE by Sylvia Plath
AN ANTIQUE LOVE STORY (1970) by Penelope Gilliatt
THE SAME OLD STORY by Robert Nye
THE GEOGRAPHY LESSON (1969) by Emanuel Litvinoff
THE POLITICAL EDUCATION OF CLARISSA FORBES (1970) by Shiva Naipaul
THREE OR FOUR CULTURES (1972) by Brian Glanville
PICTURES FROM AN EXHIBITION 6 & 7 by Giles Gordon
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