The Best American Short Stories 2017

The Best American Short Stories 2017 PDF Author: Meg Wolitzer
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 132876673X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333

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The New York Times–bestselling author of The Interestings compiles a stunning anthology of literary short fiction with T.C. Boyle, Emma Cline and others. “If you know exactly what you are going to get from the experience of reading a story, you probably wouldn’t go looking for it; you need, in order to be an open reader of fiction, to be willing. To cast a vote for what you love and then wait for the outcome,” writes Meg Wolitzer in her introduction to this volume. The Best American Short Stories 2017 casts a vote for and celebrates all that is our country. Here you’ll find a man with a boyfriend and a girlfriend, naval officers trapped on a submarine, a contestant on America’s Funniest Home Videos, and a gay man desperate to be a father—unforgettable characters waiting for an outcome, burning with stories to tell. The Best American Short Stories 2017 includes entries by T.C. Boyle, Jai Chakrabarti, Emma Cline, Danielle Evans, Lauren Groff, Eric Puchner, Jim Shepard, Curtis Sittenfeld, Jenn Walter and others.

The Best American Short Stories 2017

The Best American Short Stories 2017 PDF Author: Meg Wolitzer
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 132876673X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333

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Book Description
The New York Times–bestselling author of The Interestings compiles a stunning anthology of literary short fiction with T.C. Boyle, Emma Cline and others. “If you know exactly what you are going to get from the experience of reading a story, you probably wouldn’t go looking for it; you need, in order to be an open reader of fiction, to be willing. To cast a vote for what you love and then wait for the outcome,” writes Meg Wolitzer in her introduction to this volume. The Best American Short Stories 2017 casts a vote for and celebrates all that is our country. Here you’ll find a man with a boyfriend and a girlfriend, naval officers trapped on a submarine, a contestant on America’s Funniest Home Videos, and a gay man desperate to be a father—unforgettable characters waiting for an outcome, burning with stories to tell. The Best American Short Stories 2017 includes entries by T.C. Boyle, Jai Chakrabarti, Emma Cline, Danielle Evans, Lauren Groff, Eric Puchner, Jim Shepard, Curtis Sittenfeld, Jenn Walter and others.

The Best American Short Stories 2014

The Best American Short Stories 2014 PDF Author: Jennifer Egan
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547819226
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 389

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Book Description
Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

The Best American Mystery Stories 2017

The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 PDF Author: John Sandford
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 054494920X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385

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The New York Times–bestselling author presents a thrilling anthology of devious crimes with stories by C. J. Box, Peter Straub, Joyce Carol Oates and more. “Some people might tell you that crime short stories, unlike the more precious kind, are a kind of fictional ghetto, full of cardboard characters and clichéd situations. Not true. These stories are remarkably free of bullshit—al­though there’s always a little, just to grease the wheels,” writes guest editor John Sandford in his introduction to this action-packed volume of mystery fiction. From an isolated Wyoming ranch to the Detroit boxing underworld, and from kidnapping and adultery in the Hollywood Hills to a serial killer loose in a nursing home, The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 hosts an entertaining abundance of crime, psychological suspense, and bad intentions. The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 includes entries by C.J. Box, Gerri Brightwell, Jeffery Deaver, Brendan DuBois, Trina Corey, Craig Johnson, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Straub, and others.

The Best American Short Stories 2015

The Best American Short Stories 2015 PDF Author: T.C. Boyle
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547939434
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417

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The acclaimed author presents an anthology of “confrontational and at times confounding . . . stories to get lost in” by Colum McCann, Victor Lodato and others (Kirkus Reviews). In his introduction to this one hundredth volume of the beloved Best American Short Stories, guest editor T. C. Boyle writes, “The Model T gave way to the Model A and to the Ferrari and the Prius . . . modernism to postmodernism and post-postmodernism. We advance. We progress. We move on. But we are part of a tradition.” Boyle’s choices of stories reflect a vibrant range of characters, from a numb wife who feels alive only in the presence of violence to a new widower coming to terms with his sudden freedom, from a missing child to a champion speedboat racer. These stories will grab hold and surprise, which according to Boyle is “what the best fiction offers, and there was no shortage of such in this year’s selections.” The Best American Short Stories 2011 includes entries by Denis Johnson, Louise Erdrich, Elizabeth McCracken, Aria Beth Sloss, Thomas McGuane, and others.

The Best American Short Stories 2016

The Best American Short Stories 2016 PDF Author: Junot Díaz
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 9780544582897
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311

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Book Description
Award-winning and best-selling author Junot Díaz guest edits this year's The Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction.

The Best American Short Stories 2018

The Best American Short Stories 2018 PDF Author: Maria Anderson (Fiction author)
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 0544582888
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 351

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Book Description
Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

The Best American Short Stories 2012

The Best American Short Stories 2012 PDF Author: Tom Perrotta
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547242107
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 381

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Book Description
Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

The Best American Short Stories 2021

The Best American Short Stories 2021 PDF Author: Jesmyn Ward
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328485390
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301

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Book Description
"In her introduction, guest editor Jesmyn Ward says that the best fiction offers the reader a 'sense of repair.' The stories in this year's collection accomplish just that, immersing the reader in powerfully imagined worlds and allowing them to bring some tof that power into their own lives"--Cover.

The Best American Short Stories 2020

The Best American Short Stories 2020 PDF Author: Curtis Sittenfeld
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328485366
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 397

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Book Description
Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

The Best American Short Stories 2017

The Best American Short Stories 2017 PDF Author: Chad B. Anderson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544582764
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333

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Book Description
Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.