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9781580512107

The Best American Catholic Short Stories

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    9781580512107

  • ISBN10:

    1580512100

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-01-30
  • Publisher: Sheed & Ward
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Summary

The Best American Catholic Short Stories captures twenty of the best short stories from thirteen American Catholic writers over the past seventy-five years. Spanning most of the twentieth century, the stories in this collection deal with many of the issues brought into the spotlight with Vatican II. Pat Schnapp and Dan McVeigh have assembled an extraordinary collection that is unique in its subject and scope. Major contributors include Mary Gordon, Flannery O'Connor, Ron Hansen, T. Coraghessan Boyle, and Richard Russo.

Table of Contents

Things Seen and Unseenp. vii
Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Introductionp. xv
Old Redp. 1
The Presencep. 17
The Peach Stonep. 31
Lions, Harts, Leaping Doesp. 47
The Devil in the Desertp. 67
Emmanuele! Emmanuele!p. 91
The Displaced Personp. 121
Dawnp. 155
Silent Retreatsp. 165
Keepsakesp. 181
Resident Priestp. 197
Geneseop. 209
Playlandp. 227
The Devil and Irv Cherniskep. 239
The Rich Brotherp. 253
Mrs. Cassidy's Last Yearp. 269
The Whore's Childp. 277
Died and Gone to Vegasp. 291
Good for the Soulp. 307
A Father's Storyp. 321
In the Beginningp. 339
Selected Bibliographyp. 341
About the Contributors and Editorsp. 343
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