In the Stacks Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians,9781585674169

In the Stacks Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9781585674169
ISBN10: 1585674168
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-10-28
Publisher(s): Harry N. Abrams
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Summary

Libraries, with their miles and miles of books, are, for writers and readers alike, the magical portal to new worlds -- the source of terrors, delights, and pleasures aplenty. In In the Stacks, noted author and librarian Michael Cart has gathered nineteen enthralling stories about libraries and librarians. They range from a classic by Isaac Babel ("The Public Library") to Jorge Luis Borges's brilliant tale of a library stretching to infinity ("The Library of Babel"), and from Lorrie Moore's contemporary masterpiece "Community Life" to Francine Prose's "Rubber Life." Saki, Ray Bradbury, Alice Munro and John Cheever -- among others -- are also represented in this collection that readers, booksellers, and librarians would agree is long overdue. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Michael Cart was for many years the director of the Beverly Hills Public Library. He was the children's book editor for Parents magazine and has authored books for adults and young adults, including Tomorrowland: Ten Stories about the Future and Love and Sex: Ten Stories About the Truth. He is currently a columnist for Booklist.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7(6)
Michael Cart
A General in the Library
13(5)
Italo Calvino
The Phoenix
18(6)
Ursula K. LeGuin
Gloss on a Decision of the Council of Nicaea
24(16)
Joanne Greenberg
Miss Vincent
40(24)
Maria Dabrowska
Who Is It Can Tell Me Who I Am?
64(16)
Gina Berriault
The Public Library
80(3)
Isaac Babel
Community Life
83(17)
Lorrie Moore
The Cobweb
100(16)
Zona Gale
The Retirement Party
116(18)
Lisa Koger
Summer Librarian
134(17)
Sue Kaufman
QL 696.C9
151(21)
Anthony Boucher
Ed Has His Mind Improved
172(8)
Walter R. Brooks
The Tractate Middoth
180(16)
M. R. James
The Story of St. Vespaluus
196(8)
Saki
The Trouble of Marcie Flint
204(15)
John Cheever
Rubber Life
219(11)
Francine Prose
Hard-Luck Stories
230(16)
Alice Munro
Exchange
246(10)
Ray Bradbury
The Library of Babel
256(9)
Jorge Luis Borges
About the Authors 265

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