The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction

Sixteen new writers have been added, includingCharles Baxter, Ron Carlson, Sandra Cisneros, and Jamaica Kincaid,among others, as have useful biographical notes and bibliographies forall authors in the anthology.

Introduction

ix

(4)

Acknowledgments

xiii

ALICE ADAMS

Barcelona

1

(4)

JULIA ALVAREZ

The Rudy Elmenhurst Story

5

(11)

MARGARET ATWOOD

The Man from Mars

16

(18)

DONALD BARTHELME

The Indian Uprising

34

(7)

CHARLES BAXTER

Snow

41

(10)

ANN BEATTIE

The Cinderella Waltz

51

(17)

T. CORAGHESSAN BOYLE

Descent of Man

68

(10)

RON CARLSON

Blazo

78

(24)

RAYMOND CARVER

Cathedral

102

(14)

SANDRA CISNEROS

One Holy Night

116

(7)

ROBERT COOVER

The Babysitter

123

(25)

MARK COSTELLO

Murphy's Xmas

148

(14)

ANDRE DUBUS

A Father's Story

162

(19)

STUART DYBEK

Pet Milk

181

(5)

LOUISE ERDRICH

Saint Marie

186

(13)

RICHARD FORD

Rock Springs

199

(19)

GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

218

(6)

GEORGE GARRETT

An Evening Performance

224

(8)

WILLIAM H. GASS

In the Heart of the Heart of the Country

232

(23)

C. S. GODSHALK

The Wizard

255

(15)

TOM HAWKINS

Putting a Child to Bed

270

(3)

AMY HEMPEL

In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried

273

(8)

PAM HOUSTON

Cowboys Are My Weakness

281

(12)

CHARLES JOHNSON

Kwoon

293

(12)

THOM JONES

The Black Lights

305

(15)

JAMAICA KINCAID

Girl

320

(2)

WILLIAM KOTZWINKLE

Follow the Eagle

322

(4)

URSULA K. LE GUIN

The New Atlantis

326

(22)

DAVID MADDEN

No Trace

348

(19)

BOBBIE ANN MASON

Love Life

367

(14)

SUSAN MINOT

Lust

381

(9)

BHARATI MUKHERJEE

The Tenant

390

(13)

ALICE MUNRO

Wild Swans

403

(9)

JOYCE CAROL OATES

Bad Girls

412

(16)

TIM O'BRIEN

The Things They Carried

428

(16)

JONATHAN PENNER

Emotion Recollected in Tranquillity

444

(8)

JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS

Souvenir

452

(14)

MARY ROBISON

Coach

466

(14)

AMY TAN

Rules of the Game

480

(10)

HUNTER S. THOMPSON

A Death in the Family

490

(3)

JOHN UPDIKE

The Other

493

(15)

GUY VANDERHAEGHE

Going to Russia

508

(9)

ALICE WALKER

Everyday Use

517

(8)

JOY WILLIAMS

Taking Care

525

(10)

TOBIAS WOLFF

In the Garden of the North American Martyrs

535

(12)

Biographical Sketches

547

(7)

Permissions Acknowledgments

554

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