Everyman's Library Pocket Classics New York Stories, (Hardcover)

from figre

What we have here is a collection by an incredible array of authors that, because it has taken the theme of focusing on stories of New York, appears to have not allowed those authors to be at their best. Let's start with the incredible array. There is Kerouac and O. Henry and Cheever and Jackson ...

from RandyMetcalfe

Almost any collection of stories spanning more than 70 years might be able to cough up some gems. But there is something about stories set in New York that bring out the best in many writers. And certainly there are many very, very good stories here. A fair number in this collection are absolute ...

from porch_reader

I bought this collection of New York-related short stories at the Strand Book Store on a visit to NYC. I've been dipping into it bit by bit. I enjoyed stories by classic authors - like Willa Cather's "Paul's Case" - and some by current writers as well - like Edwidge Danticat's New York Day Women....

from porch_reader

I bought this collection of New York-related short stories at the Strand Book Store on a visit to NYC. I've been dipping into it bit by bit. I enjoyed stories by classic authors - like Willa Cather's "Paul's Case" - and some by current writers as well - like Edwidge Danticat's New York Day Women....