Description |
xviii, 347 pages ; 22 cm. |
Series |
The best American series |
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Best American series.
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Note |
"0067-6233"--T.p. verso. |
Contents |
Introduction / Alice Sebold -- Idiot President / Daniel Alarcon -- Yurt / Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum -- Rubiaux rising / Steve de Jarnatt -- Beyond the pale / Joseph Epstein -- Shadow table / Alice Fulton -- NowTrends / Karl Taro Greenfeld -- Farms / Eleanor Henderson -- Sagittarius / Grek Hrbek -- Hurricanes anonymous / Adam Johnson -- Anniversary trip / Victoria Lancelotta -- Man like him / Yiyun Li -- Briefcase / Rebecca Makkai -- Magic words / Jill McCorkle -- One dog year / Kevin Moffett -- Modulation / Richard Powers -- Them old cowboy songs / Annie Proulx -- Into the gorge / Ron Rash -- Ostracon / Alex Rose -- Peripatetic coffin / Ethan Rutherford -- Muzungu / Namwali Serpell. |
Summary |
Edited by critically acclaimed, best-selling author Alice Sebold, the stories in this year's collection serve as a provacative literary "antenna for what is going on in the world" ("Chicago Tribune)." The collection boasts great variety from "famous to first-timers, sifted from major magazines and little reviews, grand and little worlds" ("St. Louis Post-Dispatch), " ensuring yet another rewarding, eduring edition of the oldest and best-selling Best American. |
Genre/Form |
Short stories, American.
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American fiction -- 21st century.
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Subject |
Short stories, American.
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American fiction -- 21st century.
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Added Author |
Sebold, Alice.
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Pitlor, Heidi.
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ISBN |
9780618792245 hardback |
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0618792244 hardback |
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9780618792252 paperback |
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0618792252 paperback |
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