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The Art of the Tale: An International Anthology of Short Stories: An International Anthology of Short Stories, 1945-1985 Paperback – 26 November 1987

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  1. ISBN-10
    9780140079494
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  3. Publisher
    Penguin
  4. Publication date
    26 November 1987
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    23.57 x 15.39 x 4.7 cm
  7. Print length
    832 pages
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Daniel Halpern is the author of eight collections of poetry, and has received numerous grants and awards (including fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the 1993 PEN Publisher Citation). For twenty-five years he edited the literary magazine Antaeus. He is currently Editorial Director of The Ecco Press/HarperCollins and divides his time between Princeton, New Jersey and New York City.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0140079491
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin (26 November 1987)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 832 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780140079494
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140079494
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 23.57 x 15.39 x 4.7 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
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Jeanne
5.0 out of 5 stars A tribute to the art and craft of the short story.
Reviewed in the United States on 5 February 2023
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The recommended book for a literature class, it's impressive with the collection of short stories/authors
covering almost half century since WW11. Variety of international authors, styles & themes which convince me of the impact of the short story itself.

A terrific value selected from Amazon's used books.
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4.0 out of 5 stars BEWARE! Exact same stories as in "The Penguin Book of International Short Stories: 1945-1985"
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 March 2021
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Both edited by Daniel Halpern. Even the Introduction by Halpern is identical.

The stories are great. No problem there. The problem is with Penguin - reissuing the book under a different title.

And the ISBNs won't tell you anything as they are different.

So, if you have one don't buy the other. Lesson to be learned: if two penguin books have the same editor and seem of a similar bent beware until you've checked it out in a shop. If either is secondhand you may not be able to do this.

We could look out for each other when writing reviews by mentioning some of the actual stories. Somebody did that in a review but I didn't notice it in time.

Or maybe booksellers should write the list of contents when selling books online. Just an idea.
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jjstiv02
5.0 out of 5 stars Kept it after the course ended.
Reviewed in the United States on 25 June 2012
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This is such a great collection. I bought it for a 20th century literature course and we covered a decent amount of it. I found myself reading stories that were not assigned and it really turned me onto writers I may not have found otherwise. My favorite was definitely "Action Will Be Taken" by Heinrich Böll. It's a great resource for teaching and my prof said it was the best collection he'd found. I liked mine so much that I kept it after the course ended so I could keep reading, which is saying something since I'm a poor college student and could have sold it back to Amazon. :-) It's a fantastic set of literary works and I highly recommend it to all readers!
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adequatemars237
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy read
Reviewed in the United States on 28 January 2020
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College required English textbook however a great recommend for a read for short stories. Very entertaining and all the stories are put together so well.
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Caroline Harris
3.0 out of 5 stars Oh for a happy ending!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 January 2016
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bought for a course. I felt all the tales were really gloomy. Oh for a happy ending!
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