Richard Ford, one of the finest American novelists and short-Story writers, introduced the first Granta Book of the American Short Story, which Granta Books published in 1992.
This new collection, again of more than forty writers, expands Ford\'s original choice to include.
In the fourteen years since, Ford has been reading new stories and rereading old ones and selecting new favourites.
It became the definitive anthology of American Short fiction written in the last half of the twentieth century.
Richard Ford, one of the finest American novelists and short-Story writers, introduced the first Granta Book of the American Short Story, which Granta Books published in 1992