Points of View Revised Edition [Paperback]

Since its original publication in 1966, this volume has attained classic status. Now its contents have been updated and its cultural framework enlarged by the orginal editors. Many of the 44 stories come from a new writing generation with a contemporary consciousness, and this brilliant blending of masters of the past and the brightest talents of the present achieves the goal of making a great collection even greater.Preface

INTERIOR MONOLOGUE
A Telephone CallDorothy Parker
I Stand Here IroningTillie Olsen

DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE
Straight PoolJohn OHara
The Lady's MaidKatherine Mansfield
...& AnswersJoyce Carol Oates

LETTER NARRATION
Inter-OfficeRosellen Brown
A Bundle of LettersHenry James
A Wilderness StationAlice Munro
Jupiter Doke, Brigadier GeneralAmbrose Bierce

DIARY NARRATION
The Yellow WallpaperCharlotte Perkins Gilman
The Night Watchman's Occurrence BookV. S. Naipaul
Amahl and the Night VisitorsLorrie Moore

SUBJECTIVE NARRATION
The SomebodyDanny Santiago
My Side of the MatterTruman Capote
My Sister's MarriageCynthia Marshall Rich
Why, You Reckon?Langston Hughes
A & PJohn Updike
DistanceGrace Paley

DETACHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Christmas Eve at Johnson's Drugs N GoodsToni Cade Bambara
The CircuitFrancisco Jimenez
First ConfessionFrank O'Connor
A Coupla Scalped IndiansRalph Ellison
BirthdayDavid Wong Louie
The PassingDurango Mendoza

MEMOIR, OR OBSERVER NARRATION
The Voice from the WallAmy Tan
CountryJayne Anne Phillips
ScalesLouise Erdrich
The BridleRaymond Carver
The Eggs of the WorldToshio Mori

ANONYMOUS NARRATION: SINGLE CHARACTER POINT OF VIEW
The Five-Forty-EightJohn Cheever
The Stone BoyGina Berriault
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