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Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story
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- ISBN
- 978-1-25000-598-4
- Publisher
- Picador
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Reviewed on September 15, 2012 | Short Stories
The editors of this anthology asked 20 “masters of the genre” (among them Anne Beattie, Mary Gaitskill, David Bezmozgis, and Lorrie Moore) to select a favorite short story from the Paris Review archives from 1953 to the near present. In addition to being a treasure trove of great reading for short story lovers, the book showcases the richness of that historical source. Cross-generational selections include Alexandar Hemon’s choice of Jorge Luis Borges’s “Funes the Memorious,” Wells Tower’s choice of...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
