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In the stacks : short stories about libraries and librarians
Title:
In the stacks : short stories about libraries and librarians
Author:
Cart, Michael.
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 2002.
Physical Description:
268 pages ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
A general in the library / Italo Calvino -- The phoenix / Ursula K. LeGuin -- Gloss on a decision of the Council of Nicaea / Joanne Greenberg -- Miss Vincent / Maria Dabrowska -- Who is it can tell me who I am? / Gina Berriault -- The public library / Isaac Babel -- Community life / Lorrie Moore -- The cobweb / Zona Gale -- The retirement party / Lisa Koger -- Summer librarian / Sue Kaufman -- QL 696.C9 / Anthony Boucher -- Ed has his mind improved / Walter R. Brooks -- The tractate middoth / M.R. James -- The story of St. Vespaluus / Saki -- The trouble of Marcie Flint / John Cheever -- Rubber life / Francine Prose -- Hand-luck stories / Alice Munro -- Exchange / Ray Bradbury -- The library of Babel / Jorge Luis Borges.
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ISBN:
9781585672592
Format :
Book