THE RICHEST VARIETY AND THE GREATEST DEPTH

The eighth edition includes 152 works (33 new) by 130 authors (22 new); the shorter eighth edition includes 73 works (13 new) by 69 authors (9 new), including Conrad Aiken, Mavis Gallant, Jhumpa Lahiri, E. Annie Proulx, George Saunders and more. New translations of two key longer works in the anthology are now featured: Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, translated by Susan Bernofsky and Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Illych, translated by Peter Carson and Mary Beard. Classics of the genre are thoughtfully balanced with contemporary selections, offering unparalleled range and depth and giving students a superb resource for reading, analysing, or writing short stories.


NEW AUTHORS IN DEPTH SECTION CONTEXTUALISES KEY WRITERS

Bringing together excerpts from essays, criticism, speeches, interviews and more, the new Authors in Depth feature offers students even more insight into the works and writing processes of five influential authors. Authors included are:

. Anton Chekhov

. Alice Munro

. William Faulkner

. Flannery O'Connor

. Joyce Carol Oates

The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction also offers readers more opportunities to dig deeper into the works of particular authors, with 22 authors represented by multiple selections in the full edition.

EXCLUSIVE REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TEXTS

An extensive Reviews and Commentaries section includes excerpts from critical essays as well as specially commissioned analyses of works in the anthology, all written by authors included in the eighth edition. These exclusive commentaries-such as Ann Beattie on Peter Taylor and Richard Ford on Bharati Mukherjee-show how writers engage with the works of other authors. Documents in this section place authors and stories in a wider cultural and critical context, helping students make connections between selections across the anthology.

EXPANDED WRITERS ON WRITING PIECES AND NEW COMMENTARIES FROM RICHARD BAUSCH'S FACEBOOK COMMUNITY

A Writers on Writing feature lets the authors gathered in the Norton Anthology of Short Fiction speak for themselves- through excerpts from interviews, speeches, essays, letters and more- on their process, inspirations and fundamentals of the craft. The eighth edition also features inspiring meditations, challenges and wisdom drawn from Richard Bausch's participation in his spirited social media community of writers and students. Bausch invites you to join this community on Facebook for more inspiration and the opportunity to interact with this group yourself.