The green man revisited : classic English short stories
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The green man revisited : classic English short stories
（Oxford paperbacks）
Oxford University Press, 1988
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English short stories of today
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Originally published: English short stories of today. Fourth series. London : Oxford University Press for the English Association, 1976
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Description
This is a collection of short stories written in English in the 1960s and 1970s, by well established authors living around the world. They have been compiled by Roger Sharrock to reflect a variety of short fiction of the period. Sharrock has written a preface and biographical notes on the authors.
Table of Contents
- Preface. "Uncle Ben's choice", Chinua Achebe
- "The green man revisited", Kingsley Amis
- "Tithonus", George Mackay Brown
- "The runaway", Morley Callaghan
- "Concerto", Elspeth Davie
- "Cockles and mussels", Susan Hill
- "The Zulu and the Zeide", Dan Jacobson
- "God's own country", Benedict Kiely
- "The silver crown", Bernard Malamud
- "A spot of leave", Olivia Manning
- "The circle", Gordon Meyer
- "A Christmas story", V.S.Naipaul
- "A horse and two goats", R.K.Narayan
- "Tigers are better-looking", Jean Rhys
- "A hen and some eggs", Frank Sargeson
- "A dedicated man", Elizabeth Taylor
- "In at the birth", William Trevor
- "The licence", Frank Tuohy
- "Should Wizard hit Mommy?", John Updike
- "Five-twenty", Patrick White.
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