The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Wolff, Tobias</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1945-</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Editor</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">7:0</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Vintage Contemporaries</publisher> <dateIssued>1994</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>558tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback, Illustration</extent> <extent>21 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>The thirty-three stories in this volume prove that American short fiction maybe be our most distinctive national art form. As selected and introduced by Tobias Wolff, they also make up an alternate map of the United States that represents not just geography but narrative traditions, cultural heritage, and divergent approaches.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Tobias Wolff</note> <subject> <topic>Fiction</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Manners and customs</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Short stories</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">813.01</classification> <classification authority="ddc">W853-T63</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780679745136, 0679745130</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16080/22.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16080/22.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071544.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>