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TwentycontemporaryauthorsintroducetwentysterlingexamplesoftheshortstoryfromthepagesofTheParisReview.Whatdoesittaketowriteagreatshortstory?InObjectLessons,twentycontemporarymastersofthegenreanswerthatquestion,sharingfavoritestoriesfromthepagesofTheParisReview.Overthecourseofthelasthalfcentury,theReviewhaslaunchedhundredsofcareerswhilepublishingsomeofthemostinventiveandbest-lovedstoriesofourtime.Thisanthology---thefirstofitskind---ismorethanatreasury:itisanindispensableresourceforwriters,students,andanyoneelsewhowantstounderstandfictionfromawriter’spointofview."Somechoseclassics.Somechosestoriesthatwereneweventous.Ourhopeisthatthiscollectionwillbeusefultoyoungwriters,andtoothersinterestedinliterarytechnique.Mostofall,itisintendedforreaderswhoarenot(orarenolonger)inthehabitofreadingshortstories.Wehopetheseobjectlessonswillremindthemhowvariedtheformcanbe,howvitalitremains,andhowmuchpleasureitcangive."—fromtheEditors’NoteWITHSELECTIONSBYDanielAlarcón
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