The Best American Short Stories 1973
| Book | The Best American Short Stories 1973 |
| Editor | Martha Foley |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company |
| Copyright Holder | Houghton Mifflin Company |
| Copyright Holder (Foreword/Preface) | Martha Foley |
| Contributing Writer | Donald Barthelme, Henry Bromell, John Cheever, John J. Clayton, John William Corrington, Guy Davenport, William Eastlake, Alvin Greenberg, Julie Hayden, George V. Higgins, Ward Just, James S. Kenary, Wallace E. Knight, Konstantinos Lardas, James Alan McPherson, Bernard Malamud, Joyce Carol Oates, Sylvia Plath, Erik Sandberg-Diment, David Shetzline, Tennessee Williams |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
| This Edition Published | 1973 |
| Copyright | 1973 |
| Pages / Font | 312 pages |
| Other | 0973 |
| Impression/Printing No. | 1 |
| ISBN 10 | 0-395-17119-9 |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 16-11387 |
| Other | 6-85776 |
| Chapters | A City of Churches — Donald Barthelme The Slightest Distance — Henry Bromell The Jewels of the Cabots — John Cheever Cambridge Is Sinking! — John J. Clayton Old Men Dream Dreams, Young Men See Visions — John William Corrington Robot — Guy Davenport The Death of the Sun — William Eastlake The Real Meaning of the Faust Legend — Alvin Greenberg In the Words Of — Julie Hayden The Habits of the Animals: The Progress of the Seasons — George V. Higgins Burns — Ward Just Going Home — James S. Kenary The Way We Went — Wallace E. Knight The Broken Wings — Konstantinos Lardas The Silver Bullet — James Alan McPherson God's Wrath — Bernard Malamud Silkie — Joyce Carol Oates Mothers — Sylvia Plath Come Away, Oh Human Child — Erik Sandberg-Diment Country of the Painted Freaks — David Shetzline Happy August the 10th — Tennessee Williams Biographical Notes The Yearbook of the American Short Story Roll of Honor, 1972 Distinctive Short Stories, 1972 Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories |
| Notes | Printed in the United States of America |
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