TY - BOOK AU - Updike,John AU - Ravenel,Shannon TI - The best American short stories, 1984: selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines SN - 0395354137 AV - PS643 .B47 1984 PY - 1984/// CY - Boston PB - Houghton Mifflin KW - American fiction KW - 20th century KW - Short stories, American KW - Canadian fiction KW - Short stories, Canadian N1 - Includes index; The final proof of fate and circumstance / Lee K. Abbott -- The naked lady / Madison Smartt Bell -- Unknown feathers / Dianne Benedict -- In the red room / Paul Bowles -- The cure / Mary Ward Brown -- Gent / Rick DeMarinis -- A father's story / Andre Dubus -- Lena / Mavis Gallant -- Inexorable progress / Mary Hood -- The artificial moonlight / Donald Justice -- Morrison's reaction / Stephen Kirk -- Thorofare / Susan Minot -- Glimpse into another country / Wright Morris -- Nairobi / Joyce Carol Oates -- Rosa / Cynthia Ozick -- The cold room / Lowry Pei -- Things to be thrown away / Jonathan Penner -- Bruns / Norman Rush -- Foreign shores / James Salter -- Caddie's Day / Jeanne Schinto ER -