Great Short Stories of the Masters

Book Overview

Forty-nine short stories, selected for their richness of detail, accurate depictions of human passion, and international scope, fill this collection. The authors include Americans such as Hemingway, Faulkner, Saul Bellow, and Flannery O'Connor, 19th and 20th century Western European giants such as Proust, Sartre, Flaubert, Kafka, Mann, Pirandello, Rilke, and Balzac, Russian icons Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, Turgenev, and Chekhov, and Asian writers Rabindranath Tagore and Lu Hsun. While many of the names are recognizable (though some, such as Bunin, Lagerlof, Nexo, and Svevo rank among the lesser-known), Neider has favored gems less familiar to the average reader.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815412533
• ISBN13: 9780815412533
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Cooper Square Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

title says it all

Amazing collection of short stories. I bought it approximately 2 yrs ago, and I continue to open it on a monthly (if not weekly) basis to re-read some of the most amazing literature ever written for inspiration. A must buy for intellectuals seeking freedom from the mundane that is so commonly worshipped nowadays.