[Reviews] Unlikely stories Adjust Share The quiet renaissance of American short fiction By Vince Passaro, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Book reviews Books David Foster Wallace Denis Johnson Ken Foster Lorrie Moore Lydia Davis Reviews Rick Moody Short stories, American Tim O'Brien More from Vince Passaro Maigret All Day On the comforts of Simenon’s famed detective Framing The Shadows The luminary vision of W. Eugene Smith A Shrinking World, An Opening Sky The old woman’s husband, even older than she, has lived long enough. She is careful not to say this to her daughters, to her brother, to the doctors. He’s had… Adjust Share Close < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > August 1999 < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > Table of Contents Close