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My mistress's sparrow is dead : great love stories, from Chekhov to Munro / edited by Jeffrey Eugenides.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Harper Perennial, 2009.Description: xviii, 587 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0061240389 (pbk.)
  • 9780061240386 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • My mistress' sparrow is dead
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Contents:
First love and other sorrows / Harold Brodkey -- The lady with the little dog / Anton Chekhov -- Love / Grace Paley -- A rose for Emily / William Faulkner -- The dead / James Joyce -- Dirty wedding / Denis Johnson -- Natasha / David Bezmozgis -- Some other, better Otto / Deborah Eisenberg -- The hitchhiking game / Milan Kundera -- Lovers of their time / William Trevor -- Mouche / Guy de Maupassant -- The moon in its flight / Gilbert Sorrentino -- Spring in Fialta Vladimir Nabokov -- How to be an other woman / Lorrie Moore -- Yours / Mary Robison -- The bad thing / David Gates -- First love / Isaac Babel -- Tonka / Robert Musil -- Jon / George Saunders -- Red rose, white rose / Eileen Chang -- Fireworks / Richard Ford -- We didn't / Stuart Dybek -- Something that needs nothing / Miranda July -- The magic barrel / Bernard Malamud -- What we talk about when we talk about love / Raymond Carver -- Innocence / Harold Brodkey -- The bear came over the mountain / Alice Munro.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 808.8385 M995 Available 33111005568726
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Beautifully crafted . . . eclectic and original . . . this collection makes us remember how powerful and essential the best short stories are." --Francine Prose, O magazine

My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead is a literary masterpiece of amorous tales selected by Pulitzer Prize-winner Jeffrey Eugenides. From classics such as Chekhov's "The Lady with the Lapdog" to such modern fare as Richard Ford's "Fireworks," these outstanding works capture the desire, obsession, power, and spirit of the emotion that drives and transforms our lives. Writers featured include:

William Faulkner * James Joyce * Alice Munro * Milan Kundera * Grace Paley * Lorrie Moore * Eudora Welty * Denis Johnson * Vladimir Nabokov * Miranda July * Raymond Carver * George Saunders * Annie Proulx * And many, many more.

First love and other sorrows / Harold Brodkey -- The lady with the little dog / Anton Chekhov -- Love / Grace Paley -- A rose for Emily / William Faulkner -- The dead / James Joyce -- Dirty wedding / Denis Johnson -- Natasha / David Bezmozgis -- Some other, better Otto / Deborah Eisenberg -- The hitchhiking game / Milan Kundera -- Lovers of their time / William Trevor -- Mouche / Guy de Maupassant -- The moon in its flight / Gilbert Sorrentino -- Spring in Fialta Vladimir Nabokov -- How to be an other woman / Lorrie Moore -- Yours / Mary Robison -- The bad thing / David Gates -- First love / Isaac Babel -- Tonka / Robert Musil -- Jon / George Saunders -- Red rose, white rose / Eileen Chang -- Fireworks / Richard Ford -- We didn't / Stuart Dybek -- Something that needs nothing / Miranda July -- The magic barrel / Bernard Malamud -- What we talk about when we talk about love / Raymond Carver -- Innocence / Harold Brodkey -- The bear came over the mountain / Alice Munro.

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