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Overview
Fiery crashes, gracious losses, and the art of the bluff pepper the pages of this winning anthology, where 24 of the world's best-loved writers share their love of sport in all its forms: horse and car racing, the bullfight, baseball, golf, tennis, hockey, hunting, and more. The all-star players include Pulitzer Prize-winners E. Annie Proulx, John Cheever, Howard Nemerov, and Paul Horgan, as well as favorites such as Joyce Carol Oates, Jack London, W. Somerset Maugham, A. Conan Doyle, and P. G. Wodehouse, among others. Both dedicated sportsmen and lovers of short fiction will find Sports Best Short Stories a riveting experience.Editorials
Lee Milazzo
A winner.— The Dallas Morning News
KLIATT
Paul Staudohar had done an admirable job of collecting stories from such famous fiction writers as Ellery Queen, P.G. Wodehouse, Jack London, and others. The selections often reflect the time period in which they were written. For example, "Hurry Kane" by Ring Lardner gives readers a taste of baseball's early years, in the Victorian era. My favorite story in the collection, "The Swimmer" by John Cheever, reflects the changing social conventions of the 1960s and 1970s as a man takes a surreal long-distance swim from one high-society swimming pool to another. Sports Best Short Stories would make a nice addition to any school or public library short story collection. KLIATT Codes: SA—Recommended for senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2001, Chicago Review Press, 433p., Ages 15 to adult.—Tom Adamich
Book Details
Published
April 1, 2003
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pages
450
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781556524844