Following the immense success of The Art of the Tale, Daniel Halpern has assembled the next generation of short-story writers—those born after 1937—to create a companion volume, The Art of the Story. Attesting to the depth, range, and continued popularity of short fiction, this collection includes seventy-eight contributors from thirty-five countries. The Art of the Story combines the best of the established masters as well as the fresh, new voices of writers whose work has seldom been translated into English. Includes: Gift from somewhere by Ama Ata Aidoo Keeper of the virgins by Hanan Al-Shaykh Amor divino by Julia Alvarez Immortals by Martin Amis Glass tower by Reinaldo Arenas Wilderness tips by Margaret Atwood Gorilla, my love by Toni Cade Bambara My mother's memoirs, my father's lie, and other true stories by Russell Banks G-string by Nicola Barker Evermore by Julian Barnes Aren't you happy for me? by Richard Bausch In Amalfi by Ann Beattie Rara avis by T. Coraghessan Boyle Mr. Green by Robert Olen Butler Fat man in history by Peter Carey Courtship of Mr. Lyon by Angela Carter Are these actual miles? by Raymond Carver Old man slave and the mastiff by Patrick Chamoiseau Dharma by Vikram Chandra Never marry a Mexican by Sandra Cisneros Prospect from the silver hills by Jim Crace Night women by Edwidge Danticat House behind by Lydia Davis All because of the mistake by Daniele del Giudice Ysrael by Junot Díaz Betrayal by Patricia Duncker Reflections of spring by Duong Thu Huong Girl who left her sock on the floor by Deborah Eisenberg Twenty-seventh man by Nathan Englander Parakeet by Victor Erofeyev Roberto narrates by Péter Esterházy My father, the Englishman, and I by Nuruddin Farah Optimists by Richard Ford Story of the lizard who had the habit of dining on his wives by Eduardo Galeano Hammam by Hervé Guibert Escort by Abdulrazak Gurnah Midnight and I'm not famous yet by Barry Hannah Portrait of the avant-garde by Peter Høeg Moving house by Pawel Huelle Family supper by Kazuo Ishiguro Encounter by Roy Jacobsen First day by Edward P. Jones Remember young Cecil by James Kelman Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi Stump-grubber by Torgny Lindgren Wish by Bobbie Ann Mason Everything in this country must by Colum McCann Pornography by Ian McEwan Behind the blue curtain by Steven Millhauser Willing by Lorrie Moore Lifeguard by Mary Morris Canebrake by Mohammed Mrabet Management of grief by Bharati Mukherjee Muradhan and Selvihan, or, The tale of the crystal kiosk by Murathan Mungan Elephant vanishes by Haruki Murakami Mark of Satan by Joyce Carol Oates In the shadow of war by Ben Okri Where the jackals howl by Amos Oz Life and adventures of shed number XII by Victor Pelevin Talking dog by Francine Prose Free radio by Salman Rushdie Africa kills her sun by Ken Saro-Wiwa Ring by Ingo Schulze Learning to swim by Graham Swift Riddle by Antonio Tabucchi Minutes of glory by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o On the golden porch by Tatyana Tolstaya John-Jin by Rose Tremain by Who, me a bum? by Luisa Valenzuela Cinnamon skin by Edmund White You can't get lost in Cape Tower by Zoë Wicomb Doc's story by John Edgar Wideman Farm by Joy Williams Dirt angel by Jeanne Wilmot Green man by Jeanette Winterson Night in question by Tobias Wolff Child who raised poisonous snakes by Can Xue Helix by Banana Yoshimoto