Fathers and Sons

Our most fundamental relationships are the subject of this anthology, delving into a literary world at turns humorous, dark, touching, and bizarre. The twenty selections in this volume are accompanied by provocative introductions.

First Edition

San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1998
Softcover, 297 p.

Introduction and contributor notes
by Alberto Manguel
Héctor Murena translated by Alberto Manguel

9780811816304

  • Introduction  
  • SEAN O’FAOLAIN: Innocence
  • FRANZ KAFKA: The Judgement
  • KENZABURO OE: Aghwee the Sky Monster
  • SERGIO RAMIREZ: The Perfect Game
  • BEN OKRI: In the Shadow of War
  • JOSÉ GARCIA VILLA: The Son of Rizal
  • BRUNO SCHULZ Father’s: Last Escape
  • JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN: Casa Grande
  • F. SCOTT FITZGERALD: Pat Hobby, Putative Father
  • AMBROSE BIERCE: A Horseman in the Sky
  • STEPHEN CRANE: The Second Generation
  • ROSE TREMAIN: Over
  • ANITA DESAI: A Devoted Son
  • VIRGINIA MORICONI: Simple Arithmetic
  • RICHARD FORD Great: Falls
  • ROHINTON MISTRY: Of White Hairs and Cricket
  • HECTOR MURENA: The Saw
  • WILLIAM FAULKNER: Barn Burning
  • DAN JACOBSON: The Zulu and the Zeide
  • ETHAN CANIN: The Year of Getting to Know Us
  • Author Biographies

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