english, anglais, fiction, Short Stories, contemporary, contemporain 

Dave Eggers has been partly responsible for a rejuvenation of short fiction in the USA, and these short stories are as original and witty as any of his longer works.

Contents
"You Know How to Spell Elijah"
"This Certain Song"
"What the Water Feels Like to the Fishes"
"The Weird Wife"
"This Flight Attendant (Gary, Is It?) Is On Fire!"
"True Story -- 1986 --Midwest -- USA -- Tuesday"
"It is Finally Time to Tell the Story"
"A Circle Like Some Circles"
"On Making Someone a Good Man By Calling Him a Good Man"
"The Definition of Reg"
"How Long It Took"
"She Needed More Nuance"
"The Heat and Eduardo, Part I"
"Of Gretchen and de Gaulle"
"The Heat and Eduardo, Part II"
"Sleep to Dreamier Sleep Be Wed"
"On Seeing Bob Balaban in Person Twice in One Week"
"When He Started Saying 'I Appreciate It' After 'Thank You'"
"You'll Have to Save That For Another Time"
"Woman, Foghorn"
"How Do Koreans Feel About the Germans?"
"Georgia is Lost"
"They Decide To Have No More Death"
"Roderick Hopes"