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Title: THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHORT STORIES (not so much)
Review: There's a certain arrogance that is attached to the title of this book. Most of the entries of the "world's greatest" go from late 19th century and stop at 1968 with Jorge Luis Borges. At the same time I bought this book, I purchased BEST SHORT STORIES of 2011. Quite frankly, most of the short stories in the 2011 volume were superior to the offering in "World's Greatest". I would even quibble to the extent that, in the case of Hemingway, they didn't even choose his best short story. the same is true for Borges. I can think of many stories written past 1968 that should have made it into this volume, if for no other reason than the simple fact that the short story has evolved considerably since the "world's greatest" were written, and now quality short stories can be found almost anywhere.
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