Can you told me the name of the book which has a collection of good short stories?

Question

even please provide me some information regarding short story?
what does it mean?
what topics generaly used in short stories?

Answer 1

Anything written by O Henry is good.His stories have a characteristic twist at the end(both the happy ones and the sad ones).Cop and the Anthem,Last leaf are afew of his good ones.Cop and the anthem is about a young tramp Soapy who desperately tries to get arrested so that he can spend the winter comfortably in jail.He tries eating in expensive restaurents without paying,stealing and a lot of other ways but he never gets arrested.

Another great writer is Anton Chekov.His stories have plenty of humor and irony

Answer 2

There are four short stories in Different Seasons by Stephen King. . . The short stories that were the basis for the movies Shawshank Redemption (and Rita Hayworth) and Stand By Me (The Body) are two of the short stories in this book, very excellent reading.

Answer 3

Cathedral by Raymond Carver is a landmark short story collection. Ostensibly part of the "American Minimalist" movement in fiction, Carver writes about ordinary people coping with ordinary pressures of life. But his writing is anything but ordinary - precise, moving, illuminating.

William Trevor is a giant among short story writers. You could say he's almost a British Raymond Carver but he came first. Pick up his "Collected Stories" and revel in the riches within. Also a great novelist - "Fools of Fortune" is just one example.

Answer 4

With anthologies I find its easiest to find a common theme amongst all the stories and pull a title out of that If there is no common theme, you could go for a random title that has nothing to do with any of the stories Or you could directly relate the title to one story and start the collection with that story Hope I helped?

Answer 5

A short story is generally one that focuses on a single idea. Less depth or character development than a novel in general, but sometime that is a blessing.

Generally you are talking 50 or less pages.

I am partial to humor and Science Fiction and bad puns. I would recommend

"Callahan's crosstime saloon" by Spider Robinson. And it googles very nicely if you want some info on it.

-Dio

Answer 6

The Lone Ranger and Tanto Fistfight in Heaven, by Sherman Alexie.

The collection is based on Alexie's experiences growing up on a reservation in Eastern Washington.

Answer 7

Jeffery Archer - A twist in the tail
generaly they are about crime scence or someone getting revenge but always something unexpected happens at the very end

Ohenry is also great

Answer 8

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Answer 9

'The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century'
'The Stories of John Cheever'
'The Best American Short Stories of the Century'

Read the intros to learn about the short story form.

Answer 10

Try books like -the best of o'henry or any short stories books frm d library
chk out in google