Seven Contemporary Short Novels Author:Philip Roth, Carson McCullers, Kurt Vonnegut, Toni Morrison, Jerzy Kosinski, Margaret Atwood, Saul Bellow Goodbye Columbus - Philip Roth; The Ballad of the Sad Cafe - Carson McCullers; Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut; The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison; Being There - Jerzy Kosinski; Surfacing - Margaret Atwood; Seize the Day - Saul Bellow. Includes "topics for papers and discussion" at the end of each novel.