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Foreword by Francis Ford Coppola
"Zoetrope, dedicated exclusively to the short story - from which Melissa Bank, among others, was launched - has affirmed the new glamour of short fiction" New York Observer
The literary journal Zoetrope: All-Story has been the launch pad for some of today's most original voices from Britain, the US and beyond. Publishing the most exciting contemporary writing which intersects fiction and film, it has received honours from publications including Best American Short Stories and The O. Henry Award Prize Stories. This volume collects some of the best writing from Zoetrope, as well as original essays and stories written for this book. Salman Rushdie and David Mamet consider the difficult relationship between screenplay and prose, Philip Gourevitch and Nicola Barker offer startling perspectives on modern morality, and Emily Perkins and Robert Olen Butler explore love in the 21st century. More highlights include Melissa Bank's short story which became The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing and Peter Lefcourt's fearsome tale of a serial killer who preys exclusively on bad writers. "Coppola's Zoetrope has had a tremendous impact on the nearly anonymous short-story format" - New York Times www.zoetrope-stories.com
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