Description |
xix, 356 pages ; 21 cm. |
Series |
Best American series, 0067-6233
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Best American series.
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Note |
"Mariner books." |
Contents |
Introduction -- The last speaker of the language / Carol Anshaw -- Pilgrim life / Taylor Antrim -- What we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank / Nathan Englander -- The other place / Mary Gaitskill -- North country / Roxane Gay -- Paramour / Jennifer Haigh -- Navigators / Mike Meginnis -- Miracle polish / Steven Millhauser -- Axis / Alice Munro -- Volcano / Lawrence Osborne -- Diem Perdidi / Julie Otsuka -- Honeydew / Edith Pearlman -- Occupational hazard / Angela Pneuman -- Beautiful monsters / Eric Puchner -- Tenth of December / George Saunders -- The sex lives of African girls / Taiye Selasi -- Alive / Sharon Solwitz -- M & M world / Kate Walbert -- Anything helps / Jess Walter -- What's important is feeling / Adam Wilson -- Contributor's notes -- Other distinguished stories of 2011 -- Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories. |
Summary |
Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources. |
Subject |
Short stories, American.
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American fiction -- 21st century.
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Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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Added Author |
Perrotta, Tom, 1961-
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Pitlor, Heidi.
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ISBN |
9780547242101 (paperback) |
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0547242107 (paperback) |
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9780547242095 (hardcover) |
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0547242093 (hardcover) |
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