| Description |
xix, 363 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Best American series
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Best American series.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Geraldine Brooks -- Ceiling / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Housewifely arts / Megan Mayhew Bergman -- Bridge under water / Tom Bissell -- Out of body / Jennifer Egan -- Free fruit for young widows / Nathan Englander -- La vita nuova / Allegra Goodman -- Gurov in Manhattan / Ehud Havazelet -- Sleep / Caitlin Horrocks -- Soldier of fortune / Bret Anthony Johnston -- Foster / Claire Keegan -- Dungeon master / Sam Lipsyte -- Peter Torrelli, falling apart / Rebecca Makkai -- Property / Elizabeth McCracken -- Phantoms / Steven Millhauser -- Dog bites / Ricardo Nuila -- ID / Joyce Carol Oates -- To the measures fall / Richard Powers -- Call of blood / Jess Row -- Escape from Spiderhead / George Saunders -- Hare's mask / Mark Slouka. |
| Subject |
Short stories, American.
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Short stories, Canadian.
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American fiction -- 20th century.
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Canadian fiction -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Brooks, Geraldine. Editor.
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Pitlor, Heidi. Editor.
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| ISBN |
9780547242088 (hardcover) |
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0547242085 (hardcover) |
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9780547242163 (paperback) |
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0547242166 (paperback) |
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