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Getting Married (Swedish: Giftas) is a collection of short stories by the Swedish writer August Strindberg. [1] The first volume was first published on 27 September 1884 and contained twelve stories depicting "twenty marriages of every variety," some of which present women in an egalitarian light. [ 2 ]
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage is a book of short stories by Alice Munro, published by McClelland and Stewart in 2001. In 2006 , the story "The Bear Came over the Mountain" was adapted into a film, Away from Her , directed by Sarah Polley and produced by Atom Egoyan .
In these edgy stories set in Appalachia and the Deep South, Black women face the full monty of modern life—weirdo predators, bogus jobs, ill-fated pregnancies, the nightmares of weight control ...
Additionally, Herb's story about the old couple was cut nearly in half, with Lish removing the story of the old couple's home life, love, and reunion in the hospital. In Carver's original version, the two had separate rooms, which caused them to pine for each other and eventually led to a scene when they met again.
Games and Rituals, by Katherine Heiny All 11 of these stories are jewels of wit and insight, but if you read only one, make it “Damascus,” in which a mother confronts her son’s developing ...
The Best American Short Stories 2014 ; Editor: Jennifer Egan and Heidi Pitlor: Language: English: Series: The Best American Short Stories: Media type: Print (hardback & paperback) ISBN: 9780547868868 (paperback) Preceded by: The Best American Short Stories 2013 Followed by: The Best American Short Stories 2015
The Best American Short Stories 2020 ; Editor: Curtis Sittenfeld and Heidi Pitlor: Language: English: Series: The Best American Short Stories: Published: 2020: Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Media type: Print (hardback & paperback) ISBN: 9781328485366 (hardback) Preceded by: The Best American Short Stories 2019 Followed by: The Best ...
[3] She said that the authors exploit the short form to the fullest, and Fine called their characters "outstanding" in the way they bring each story to life. [3] Kirkus Reviews described the book as "[a] fine celebration of the many guises a short story can take while still doing its essential work". It called Adjei-Brenyah's story "The Era ...