Product Key Features
Book TitleCengage Advantage Books: a Pocketful of Prose : Contemporary Short Fiction, Revised Edition
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAnthologies (Multiple Authors), General
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction, Literary Collections
AuthorDavid. Madden
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2005-299260
ReviewsPreface.Introduction."The Leap," by Louise Erdrich."Field Trip," by Tim O'Brien."Good Works," by E.S. Goldman."Brother," by Edna O'Brien."Electric City," by Richard Ford."I Am Here to Tell You It Can Be Done," by Mona Simpson."Freedom, A Theory of," by Lee K. Abbott."The Man Who Knew Belle Starr," by Richard Bausch."Personal Testimony," by Lynna Williams."Lush Life," by John McCluskey."Desert Blues," by Kate Braverman."Carnal Knowledge," by T. Coraghessman Boyle."Two Useful Visits," by Reynolds Price."Dragon's Seed," by Madison Smartt Bell."Slamming on Pig's Misery," by Alice Schell."Bears Discover Fire," by Terry Bisson."Fires," by Rick Bass."Cold Ground," by Anya Achtenberg."Two Days Gone," by Susan Straight."Texas Wedding Party," by Allen Wier."The Mother Who Never Was," by Lisa K. Buchanan."Trains at Night," by Alberto Alvaro Ríos."Kat," by Margaret Atwood."Family Supper," by Kazuo Ishiguro."Such Occasions," by Ann Beattiee.Acknowledgments of Permission.
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal823/.0108
Table Of ContentPreface.Introduction.The Leap," by Louise Erdrich."Field Trip," by Tim O''Brien."Good Works," by E.S. Goldman."Brother," by Edna O''Brien."Electric City," by Richard Ford."I Am Here to Tell You It Can Be Done," by Mona Simpson."Freedom, A Theory of," by Lee K. Abbott."The Man Who Knew Belle Starr," by Richard Bausch."Personal Testimony," by Lynna Williams."Lush Life," by John McCluskey."Desert Blues," by Kate Braverman."Carnal Knowledge," by T. Coraghessman Boyle."Two Useful Visits," by Reynolds Price."Dragon''s Seed," by Madison Smartt Bell."Slamming on Pig''s Misery," by Alice Schell."Bears Discover Fire," by Terry Bisson."Fires," by Rick Bass."Cold Ground," by Anya Achtenberg."Two Days Gone," by Susan Straight."Texas Wedding Party," by Allen Wier."The Mother Who Never Was," by Lisa K. Buchanan."Trains at Night," by Alberto Alvaro Ros."Kat," by Margaret Atwood."Family Supper," by Kazuo Ishiguro."Such Occasions," by Ann Beattiee.Acknowledgments of Permission."
Edition DescriptionRevised edition,New Edition
SynopsisIncluding titles in fiction, poetry, drama, and essays, David Madden's Pocketfuls series are slim volumes including only the essentials of the most familiar and most often taught works in each genre. Priced to be affordably packaged with two or even three other volumes, each book in the Pocketful series can also be used separately., Save money with THOMSON ADVANTAGE BOOKS: POCKETFUL OF PROSE: CONTEMPORARY SHORT FICTION! An inexpensive alternative to the more expensive anthologies, this slim volume contains only the essentials of the most familiar and most taught favorites. The Quick and Easy Guide for Critical Reading, located conveniently for easy access, contains questions that center your study of the works in the book and also serve as a useful guide for reading any work, in or outside of class., Save money with CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS: POCKETFUL OF PROSE: CONTEMPORARY SHORT FICTION! An inexpensive alternative to the more expensive anthologies, this slim volume contains only the essentials of the most familiar and most taught favorites. The Quick and Easy Guide for Critical Reading, located conveniently for easy access, contains questions that center your study of the works in the book and also serve as a useful guide for reading any work, in or outside of class.
LC Classification NumberPS648.S5P63 2006