The Art of the Tale: An International Anthology of Short Stories 1945-1985 ed. Daniel Halpern (Viking, 1986, 0-670-80592-0, xiii+816pp, hc, an)
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- xi · Introduction · Daniel Halpern · in
- 5 · The Sacrificial Egg · Chinua Achebe · ss Girls at War and Other Stories by Chinua Achebe, Pearson Education, 1972
- 9 · The Bound Man · Ilse Aichinger; translated by Eric Mosbacher · ss The Bound Man and Other Stories by Ilse Aichinger, tr. Eric Mosbacher, Secker & Warburg, 1955
translated from the German (“Der Gefesselte”, Der Gefesselte Erzahlungen, S. Fischer, 1953).
- 18 · Little Whale, Varnisher of Reality · Vasily Aksenov · ss (r)
translated from the Russian.
- 28 · Hair Jewellery · Margaret Atwood · ss Dancing Girls and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood, McClelland and Stewart, 1977
- 40 · Everything · Ingeborg Bachmann; translated by Eithne Wilkins & Ernst Kaiser · ss The Paris Review #28, Summer/Fall 1962
translated from the German.
- 52 · Going to Meet the Man · James Baldwin · ss Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin, Dial Press, 1965
- 65 · The Child Screams and Looks Back at You · Russell Banks · ss Fiction v6 #3, 1981
- 71 · Cortés and Montezuma · Donald Barthelme · ss Great Days by Donald Barthelme, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979
- 77 · Jacklighting · Ann Beattie · ss The Burning House by Ann Beattie, Random House, 1982
- 82 · First Love · Samuel Beckett · ss First Love and Other Stories by Samuel Beckett, Grove Press, 1974
- 94 · Action Will Be Taken · Heinrich Böll; translated by Leila Vennewitz · ss Eighteen Stories by Heinrich Böll, McGraw-Hill, 1966
translated from the German.
- 98 · Do Stay, Giraffe · Wolfgang Borchert; translated by David Porter · ss The Man Outside by Wolfgang Borchert, tr. David Porter, New Directions, 1971
translated from the German.
- 100 · The Aleph · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni · ss The Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luís Borges, Dutton, 1970
translated from the Spanish (“El Aleph”, Sur, September 1945).
- 110 · This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen · Tadeusz Borowski; translated by Barbara Vedder · ss Commentary July 1962
translated from the Polish.
- 122 · Cowardice · Abdeslam Boulaich · ss Antæus #2, Spring 1971
- 124 · A Distant Episode · Paul Bowles · ss Partisan Review January/February 1947
- 133 · Greasy Lake · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss The Paris Review #83, Spring 1982
- 141 · Ceil · Harold Brodkey · ss The New Yorker September 12 1983
- 152 · Seven Floors · Dino Buzzati; translated by Judith Landry · ss Catastrophe by Dino Buzzati, Calder & Boyars, 1965
translated from the Italian.
- 163 · The Adventure of a Traveler · Italo Calvino; translated by William Weaver · ss Difficult Loves by Italo Calvino, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984
translated from the Italian.
- 173 · The Adulterous Woman · Albert Camus; translated by Justin O’Brien · ss Exile and the Kingdom by Albert Camus, tr. Justin O'Brien, Henry Holt, 1957
translated from the French (“La Femme adultère”).
- 184 · Children on Their Birthdays · Truman Capote · ss Selected Writings of Truman Capote by Truman Capote, Random House, 1963
- 197 · Fat · Raymond Carver · ss Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? by Raymond Carver, McGraw-Hill, 1976
- 201 · The Country Husband · John Cheever · nv The New Yorker November 20 1954
- 219 · Quenby and Ola, Swede and Carl · Robert Coover · ss Pricksongs & Descants by Robert Coover, E.P. Dutton, 1969
- 230 · Bestiary · Julio Cortázar; translated by Paul Blackburn · ss End of the Game, and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar, Pantheon Books, 1967
translated from the Spanish.
- 241 · The Haile Selassie Funeral Train · Guy Davenport · ss Da Vinci’s Bicycle by Guy Davenport, John Hopkins University Press, 1979
- 246 · The Cloak · Isak Dinesen · ss Ladies’ Home Journal May 1955
- 256 · The Hunter · E. L. Doctorow · ss Lives of the Poets by E. L. Doctorow, Random House, 1984
- 263 · I Look Out for Ed Wolfe · Stanley Elkin · nv Esquire September 1962
- 282 · Communist · Richard Ford · ss Antæus #55, Autumn 1985
- 294 · The Doll Queen · Carlos Fuentes; translated by Margaret Sayers Peden · ss Antæus #13/14, Spring/Summer 1974
translated from the Spanish (1969).
- 305 · The Chosen Husband · Mavis Gallant · ss The New Yorker April 15 1985
- 318 · Order of Insects · William Gass · ss Minnesota Review April 1961
- 323 · The Mother · Natalia Ginzburg; translated by Isabel Quigley · ss Italian Short Stories ed. Raleigh Trevelyan, Penguin, 1965
translated from the Italian.
- 331 · The Life of the Imagination · Nadine Gordimer · ss The New Yorker November 9 1968
- 341 · Two Gentle People · Graham Greene · ss May We Borrow Your Husband? by Graham Greene, The Bodley Head, 1967
- 347 · Why I Transformed Myself Into a Nightingale · Wolfgang Hildesheimer · ss Antæus #49/50, Spring/Summer 1983
- 351 · One Arm · Yasunari Kawabata; translated by Edward Seidensticker · nv House of Sleeping Beauties by Yasunari Kawabata, Kodansha International, 1969
translated from the Japanese.
- 364 · Let the Old Dead Make Room for the Young Dead · Milan Kundera · ss Esquire April 1974
- 376 · Gogol’s Wife · Tommaso Landolfi; translated by Wayland Young · ss Encounter #53, February 1958
translated from the Italian (“La moglie di Gogol”, Ombre, Vallecchi Editore, 1954).
- 385 · The Habit of Loving · Doris Lessing · nv The Habit of Loving by Doris Lessing, MacGibbon & Kee, 1957
- 402 · The Challenge · Mario Vargas Llosa; translated by Gregory Kolovakos & Ronald Christ · ss The Cubs and Other Stories by Mario Vargas Llosa, Harper & Row, 1979
translated from the Spanish.
- 411 · The Conjurer Made Off with the Dish · Naguib Mahfouz; translated by Denys Johnson-Davies · ss Egyptian Short Stories ed. Denys Johnson-Davies, Heinemann, 1978
translated from the Egyptian.
- 417 · The Last Mohican · Bernard Malamud · nv Partisan Review Spring 1958
- 433 · Eyes of a Blue Dog · Gabriel Garcia Marquez; translated by Gregory Rabassa · ss The New Yorker May 8 1978
translated from the Spanish.
- 438 · The Pilgrimage · William Maxwell · ss The New Yorker August 22 1953
- 445 · First Love, Last Rites · Ian McEwan · ss First Love, Last Rites by Ian McEwan, Jonathan Cape, 1975
- 453 · The Deal · Leonard Michaels · ss Going Places by Leonard Michaels, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969
- 459 · Patriotism · Yukio Mishima · ss Esquire April 1966
- 476 · Jewellery · Alberto Moravia · ss The Gent August 1957
- 481 · Doctor Safi · Mohammed Mrabet · ss The Boy Who Set the Fire by Mohammed Mrabet, Black Sparrow, 1974
- 488 · Spring in Fialta · Vladimir Nabokov · ss Nine Stories by Vladimir Nabokov, New Directions, 1947
- 502 · Naga · R. K. Narayan · ss The New Yorker August 26 1972
- 509 · The Tryst · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Cosmopolitan August 1981
- 519 · Sister Imelda · Edna O’Brien · nv The New Yorker November 9 1981
- 533 · The Artificial Nigger · Flannery O’Connor · ss A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor, Harcourt, 1955
- 548 · A Set of Variations on a Borrowed Theme · Frank O’Connor · ss The New Yorker April 30 1960
- 567 · Nomad and Viper · Amos Oz · ss Where the Jackals Howl and Other Stories by Amos Oz, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1981
translated from the Hebrew (“Navadim ve-Tzefa”, Be-Artzot ha-Tan, 1965).
- 580 · The Suitcase · Cynthia Ozick · ss The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories by Cynthia Ozick, Knopf, 1971
- 595 · The Contest · Grace Paley · ss The Little Disturbances of Man by Grace Paley, Doubleday, 1959
- 601 · Suicides · Cesare Pavese; translated by A. E. Murch · ss Festival Night by Cesare Pavese, tr. A. E. Murch, The Ecco Press, 1964
translated from the Italian.
- 612 · The Saint · V. S. Pritchett · ss Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art April 1940
- 622 · Eventide · James Purdy · ss 63: Dream Palace & Other Stories by James Purdy, Gollancz, 1957
- 629 · The Replacement · Alain Robbe-Grillet · ss Snapshots by Alain Robbe-Grillet, Grove Press, 1968
- 633 · Rain · Mercè Rodoreda · ss My Christina and Other Stories by Mercè Rodoreda, Graywolf Press, 1984
translated from the Spanish.
- 638 · In the Garden · Leon Rooke · ss Sing Me No Love Songs, I’ll Say You No Prayers by Leon Rooke, Ecco Press, 1984
- 650 · Talpa · Juan Rulfo; translated by George D. Schade · ss The Burning Plain and Other Stories by Juan Rolfo, tr. George D. Schade, University of Texas Press, 1967
translated from the Spanish.
- 656 · XXII · Nathalie Sarraute · ss Tropisms by Nathalie Sarraute, George Braziller, Inc., 1962
- 658 · Henne Fire · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss Playboy May 1968
- 666 · Unguided Tour · Susan Sontag · ss The New Yorker October 31 1977
- 675 · Children Are Bored on Sunday · Jean Stafford · ss The New Yorker February 21 1948
- 683 · A Friend and Protector · Peter Taylor · ss The Old Forest by Peter Taylor, Dial Press, 1985
- 697 · Death and the Maiden · Michel Tournier; translated by Barbara Wright · ss The Fetishist by Michel Tournier, Doubleday, 1983
translated from the French.
- 711 · Beyond the Pale · William Trevor · ss The New Yorker August 10 1981
- 730 · Separating · John Updike · ss The New Yorker June 23 1975
- 739 · I’m Your Horse in the Night · Luisa Valenzuela; translated by Deborah Bonner · ss
translated from the Spanish (“Eu de noite sou seu cavalo”).
- 742 · No Place for You, My Love · Eudora Welty · ss The New Yorker September 20 1952
- 756 · Five-Twenty · Patrick White · ss The Cockatoos by Patrick White, Jonathan Cape, 1964
- 774 · Hunters in the Snow · Tobias Wolff · ss TriQuarterly #48, Spring 1980
- 786 · Big, Black, Good Man · Richard Wright · ss Esquire November 1957
- 796 · The Best of Everything · Richard Yates · ss Charm 1956
- 806 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg
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