New York Stories

An irresistible anthology of classic tales of New York in the tradition ofChristmas Stories, Love Stories,andStories of the Sea. Writers have always been enthralled and inspired by New York City, and their vibrant and varied stories provide a kaleidoscopic vision of the cityrs"s high life, low life, nightlife, and everything in between. From the wisecracking Broadway guys and dolls of Damon Runyon to the glittering ballrooms of Edith Wharton, from the jazz- soaked nightspots of Jack Kerouac and James Baldwin to the starry- eyed tourists in John Cheever and Shirley Jackson to the ambitious immigrants conjured by Edwidge Danticat and Junot Diaz- this is New York in all its grittiness and glamour. Here is the hectic, dazzling chaos of Times Square and the elegant calm of galleries in the Met; we meet Yiddish matchmakers in the Bronx, Haitian nannies in Central Park, starving artists, and hedonistic yuppies-a host of vivid characters nursing their dreams in the tiny apartments, the lonely cafeacute;s, and the bustling streets of the city that never sleeps.

Diana Secker Tesdell is the editor of the Everyman’s Pocket Classics Christmas Stories, Love Stories, Dog Stories, and Stories of the Sea.

Jack Kerouac
New York Night Club—

O. Henry
The Making of a New Yorker

John Cheever
O City of Broken Dreams

Shirley Jackson
Pillar of Salt

Willa Cather
Paul's Case

Truman Capote
Master Misery

Edith Wharton
A Cup of Water

Bernard Malamud
The Magic Barrel

Damon Runyan
Social Error

Katherine Anne Porter
Theft

William Maxwell
The Thistles in Sweden

Maeve Brennan
A Snowy Night on West Forty-Ninth Street

James Baldwin
Sonny's Blues

Jean Stafford
Children Are Bored on Sunday

Jay McInerney
It's Six A.M. Do You Know Where You Are?

Edwidge Danticat
New York Day Women

Amy Hempel
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Junot Díaz
Negocios

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