PenguinBookofAmericanShortStories

'Americanliteratureandtheshortstorymightbesaidtohavecomeofageataboutthesametime,andthis,alongwithsomethinginthebustlingandenergeticAmericantemperament,mightgosomewaytowardsexplainingwhythetwogotogetheraswellastheydo.'Twenty-oneshortstoriesfromsomeofthebestAmericanwritersoverthelasttwohundredyearsprovideamesmerizing,multi-facetedportraitofacountry,apeopleandtheuniqueliteratureproducedbythismostexuberantofnations.