The Best American Short Stories of the Century
- ISBN-10
- 0395843677
- ISBN-13
- 9780395843673
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 835
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- John Updike
Description
With a new 1999 story added to the paperback volume, this collection of the best stories of the century includes some of the greatest names in literature as well as a few spectacular one-hit wonders. Reprint.
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