The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction (Second Edition)

by Cassill, R. V.; Oates, Joyce Carol

• ISBN13: 9780393968330
• ISBN10: 0393968332
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-10-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

Sixteen new writers have been added, includingCharles Baxter, Ron Carlson, Sandra Cisneros, and Jamaica Kincaid,among others, as have useful biographical notes and bibliographies forall authors in the anthology.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix	(4)
Acknowledgments	xiii
ALICE ADAMS
Barcelona	1	(4)
JULIA ALVAREZ
The Rudy Elmenhurst Story	5	(11)
MARGARET ATWOOD
The Man from Mars	16	(18)
DONALD BARTHELME
The Indian Uprising	34	(7)
CHARLES BAXTER
Snow	41	(10)
ANN BEATTIE
The Cinderella Waltz	51	(17)
T. CORAGHESSAN BOYLE
Descent of Man	68	(10)
RON CARLSON
Blazo	78	(24)
RAYMOND CARVER
Cathedral	102	(14)
SANDRA CISNEROS
One Holy Night	116	(7)
ROBERT COOVER
The Babysitter	123	(25)
MARK COSTELLO
Murphy's Xmas	148	(14)
ANDRE DUBUS
A Father's Story	162	(19)
STUART DYBEK
Pet Milk	181	(5)
LOUISE ERDRICH
Saint Marie	186	(13)
RICHARD FORD
Rock Springs	199	(19)
GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings	218	(6)
GEORGE GARRETT
An Evening Performance	224	(8)
WILLIAM H. GASS
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country	232	(23)
C. S. GODSHALK
The Wizard	255	(15)
TOM HAWKINS
Putting a Child to Bed	270	(3)
AMY HEMPEL
In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried	273	(8)
PAM HOUSTON
Cowboys Are My Weakness	281	(12)
CHARLES JOHNSON
Kwoon	293	(12)
THOM JONES
The Black Lights	305	(15)
JAMAICA KINCAID
Girl	320	(2)
WILLIAM KOTZWINKLE
Follow the Eagle	322	(4)
URSULA K. LE GUIN
The New Atlantis	326	(22)
DAVID MADDEN
No Trace	348	(19)
BOBBIE ANN MASON
Love Life	367	(14)
SUSAN MINOT
Lust	381	(9)
BHARATI MUKHERJEE
The Tenant	390	(13)
ALICE MUNRO
Wild Swans	403	(9)
JOYCE CAROL OATES
Bad Girls	412	(16)
TIM O'BRIEN
The Things They Carried	428	(16)
JONATHAN PENNER
Emotion Recollected in Tranquillity	444	(8)
JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS
Souvenir	452	(14)
MARY ROBISON
Coach	466	(14)
AMY TAN
Rules of the Game	480	(10)
HUNTER S. THOMPSON
A Death in the Family	490	(3)
JOHN UPDIKE
The Other	493	(15)
GUY VANDERHAEGHE
Going to Russia	508	(9)
ALICE WALKER
Everyday Use	517	(8)
JOY WILLIAMS
Taking Care	525	(10)
TOBIAS WOLFF
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs	535	(12)
Biographical Sketches	547	(7)
Permissions Acknowledgments	554