The Granta Book Of The American Long Story by Richard Ford

The Granta Book Of The American Long Story by Richard Ford

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'At their best, these tales provide the intensity of a short story with the elaboration of a novel ... Ford has cast a wide net and given new life to stories that deserve to emerge from obscurity' San Diego Union-Tribune

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The Granta Book Of The American Long Story by Richard Ford

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.
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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ISBN 13 9781862072770
ISBN 10 1862072779
Title The Granta Book Of The American Long Story
Author Richard Ford
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Granta Books
Year published 1999-06-14
Number of pages 720
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.