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A Century of Fiction in the New Yorker

1925-2025

by New Yorker Magazine Inc
Deborah Treisman
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Edited by The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, a celebratory selection from one hundred years of short stories in the magazine which has been the most influential and important showcase for the form and has launched dozens of stellar careers in fiction
There is simply no A–Z like the alphabet of fiction writers who have appeared in the pages of The New Yorker in the last hundred years. The book boasts inarguable classics like Salinger’s “A Perfect Day for Bananafish,” Annie Proulx’s “Brokeback Mountain,” and Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” alongside stunners to be rediscovered. Some stories defined a moment or a now-lost world (Isaac Bashevis Singer’s “The Cafeteria”); others showed us a whole new way fiction could sound and feel (“The Red Girl,” by Jamaica Kincaid). 
With this vivid selection, Treisman showcases how our fiction has changed over time, and reminds us that past literary fashions continue to ripple outward in the fiction we love today. What does a Donald Barthelme mean to the craft of short fiction now? What will a Yiyun Li mean to the next generation of readers and writers? This exquisite tour of the form as practiced at its highest level will leap directly into the hearts of readers of all ages, all stripes, and is a beautiful tribute to the magazine's influence on our literary culture over the last century.

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    February 4, 2025

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      • ISBN: 9798217013135
      • File size: 1342569 KB
      • Duration: 46:36:58

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    • English

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      This centennial collection of NEW YORKER stories will undoubtedly lead this year's lists of prestigious audiobooks--and deservedly so. With a roster of enduring authors and stories and a cast expertly matched to the voice and character of each story, this is an unparalleled listening experience, and a hallmark of good casting and production values. Twenty narrators are distributed strategically among the 78 stories, the more experienced taking five or six stories apiece. Rob Shapiro, for example, narrates the anthology's third story, Thurber's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," along with two of its most impactful, T. Coraghessan Boyle's "Chicxulub" and Ben Marcus's "Cold Little Bird." Shapiro is just one of a gifted, distinctive, seamlessly matched cast. D.A.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine

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