# The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories

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- Authors: [Tobias Wolff](https://www.bookquiver.com/tobias-wolff)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7974-513-6
- Pages: 576
- Published: 1994-09-06
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Variously funny, frightening, poignant, and exhilarating, these collected stories displays the best American writers at the peak of their powers and the national narrative at its most eloquent, truthful,...