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Jun 30, 2002 | ISBN 9781590170052

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Praise

“Long out of print, this landmark volume—and the sweeping essay at the front—may change how you think about fiction. (It may also change how you think about your own life.) This is a book to return to, and to keep.” — Stephen Burt

“It has been clear for some time that Randall Jarrell is one of the most gifted poets and critics of his generation.” — The New York Times Book Review

“Randall Jarrell was such a gifted reader of poetry that it’s easy to overlook how keenly he read and discussed prose. The introduction to this wide—ranging collection is alone worth the price of admission: a brilliant, characteristically light—stepping little journey into the heart of the narrative impulse. This is as fine an entry into the art of the short story as any I know.” — Brad Leithauser

“[Jarrell was] perhaps the most fearsome (and admired) American critic of the twentieth century.” — The Atlantic Monthly

“My favorite short—story anthology is Randall Jarrell’s, with a brilliant essay as a preface.” — Michael Dirda, The Washignton Post

Table Of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

RANDALL JARRELL: Introduction

FRANZ KAFKA: A Country Doctor

ANTON CHEKHOV: Gusev

RAINER MARIA RILKE: The Wrecked Houses; The Big Thing

ROBERT FROST: The Witch of Co̦s

GIOVANNI VERGA: La Lupa

NIKOLAI GOGOL: The Nose

ELIZABETH BOWEN: Her Table Spread

LUDWIG TIECK: Fair Eckbert

BERTOLT BRECHT: Concerning the Infanticide, Marie Farrar

LEO TOLSTOY: The Three Hermits

PETER TAYLOR: What You Hear from ‘Em?

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN: The Fir Tree

KATHERINE ANNE PORTER: He

ANONYMOUS: The Red King and the Witch

ANTON CHEKHOV: Rothschild’s Fiddle

THE BROTHERS GRIMM: Cat and Mouse in Partnership

E. M. FORSTER: The Story of the Siren

THE BOOK OF JONAH

FRANZ KAFKA: The Bucket-Rider

SAINT-SIMON: The Death of Monseigneur

ISAAC BABEL: Awakening

CHUANG T’ZU: Five Anecdotes

HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL: A Tale of the Cavalry

WILLIAM BLAKE: The Mental Traveller

D. H. LAWRENCE: Samson and Delilah

LEO TOLSTOY: The Porcelain Doll

IVAN TURGENEV: Byezhin Prairie

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: The Ruined Cottage

FRANK O’CONNOR: Peasants

ISAK DINESEN: Sorrow-Acre

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