A selection of the best and most representative contemporary American short fiction from 1970 to 2020, including such authors as Ursula K. LeGuin, Toni Cade Bam

The incomparable John Updike selects the 55 finest short stories from America's bestselling anthology, published since 1915.

This volume offers a survey of American short fiction in 59 tales that combine classic works with 'different, unexpected gems', which invite readers to explore

Short stories by such authors as Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allen Poe, Stephen Crane, Ernest Hemingway, Eudora Wely and many others to yr., 1