AN ANCHOR BOOKS ORIGINAL, AUGUST 2004
Copyright © 2004 by Ben Marcus
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Anchor book of new American short stories / edited by Ben Marcus.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-307-42813-4
1. Short stories, American. 2. United States—Social life and customs— Fiction. 3. American fiction—20th century. 4. American fiction—21st
century. I. Marcus, Ben, 1967–
PS648.S5A57 2004
813′.010805—dc22 2003070896
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