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by: Roberta Rubenstein, Charles R. Larson
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.831
EAN: 9780130416391
ISBN: 0130416398
Label: Prentice Hall
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 972
Publication Date: July 09, 2002
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Sales Rank: 272387
Studio: Prentice Hall
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Rating:  - Recommended
This book was first published in 1993. The 1,428-page first edition, the version I read, is the one my comments refer to.
The collection contained works by 126 authors, comprising 124 short stories and two short novels. About two-thirds of the pieces were by North American and European writers, both well known and less familiar. The remaining stories came from writers from Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean and the South Pacific.
With the exception ... Read More
Rating:  - Top Notch Anthology of International Short Stories
I used this text while teaching a World Literature Survey at the college level. The editors have done an excellent job of providing a truly international collection. Most anthologies try to include many different genres. By limiting themselves to one genre, the short-story, the editors have kept the size reasonable--I was able to cover enough of the stuff in here to not make me feel as though I was making students buy three times more book than they needed.
The selections are well thought ... Read More
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