Twenty contemporary authors introduce twenty sterling
examples of the short story from the pages of The Paris
Review.
What does it take to write a great short story? In Object
Lessons, twenty contemporary masters of the genre answer
that question, sharing favorite stories from the pages of
The Paris Review. Over the course of the last half century,
the Review has launched hundreds of careers while publishing
some of the most inventive and best-loved stories of our
time. This anthology---the first of its kind---is more than
a treasury: it is an indispensable resource for writers,
students, and anyone else who wants to understand fiction
from a writer’s point of view.
"Some chose classics. Some chose stories that were new even
to us. Our hope is that this collection will be useful to
young writers, and to others interested in literary
technique. Most of all, it is intended for readers who are
not (or are no longer) in the habit of reading short
stories. We hope these object lessons will remind them how
varied the form can be, how vital it remains, and how much
pleasure it can give."---from the Editors’ Note
WITH SELECTIONS BY
Daniel Alarcón · Donald Barthelme · Ann Beattie · David
Bezmozgis · Jorge Luis Borges · Jane Bowles · Ethan Canin ·
Raymond Carver · Evan S. Connell · Bernard Cooper · Guy
Davenport · Lydia Davis · Dave Eggers · Jeffrey Eugenides ·
Mary Gaitskill · Thomas Glynn · Aleksandar Hemon · Amy
Hempel · Mary-Beth Hughes · Denis Johnson · Jonathan Lethem
· Sam Lipsyte · Ben Marcus · David Means · Leonard Michaels
· Steven Millhauser · Lorrie Moore · Craig Nova · Daniel
Orozco · Mary Robison · Norman Rush · James Salter · Mona
Simpson · Ali Smith · Wells Tower · Dallas Wiebe · Joy Williams
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