| Description |
xxi, 372 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
The best American series
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Best American series.
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| Summary |
Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources. |
| Contents |
Era / Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah -- Natural light / Kathleen Alcott -- Great interruption : the story of a famous story off Old Port Williams and how it ceased to be told (1935-1978) / Wendell Berry -- No more than a bubble / Jamel Brinkley -- Third tower / Deborah Eisenberg -- Hellion / Julia Elliott -- Bronze / Jeffery Eugenides -- Protozoa / Ella Martinsen Gorham -- Seeing Ershadi / Nicole Krauss -- Pity and shame / Ursula K. Le Guin -- Anyone can do it / Manuel Munoz -- Plan / Sigrid Nunez -- Letter of apology / Maria Reva -- Black Corfu / Karen Russell -- Audition / Saïd Sayrafiezadeh -- Natural disasters / Alexis Schaitkin -- Our day of grace / Jim Shepard -- Wrong object / Mona Simpson -- They told us not to say this / Jenn Alandy Trahan -- Omakase / Weike Wang. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-369). |
| Subject |
Short stories, American.
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Short stories, American. |
| Genre/Form |
Short stories, American.
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| Subject |
Short stories, Canadian.
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Short stories, Canadian. |
| Genre/Form |
Short stories, Canadian.
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| Subject |
American fiction -- 21st century.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Canadian fiction -- 21st century.
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Canadian fiction. |
| Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Doerr, Anthony, 1973- editor, writer of introduction.
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Pitlor, Heidi, editor.
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Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame, author.
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Alcott, Kathleen, author.
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Berry, Wendell, 1934- author.
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Brinkley, Jamel, author.
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Eisenberg, Deborah, author.
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Elliott, Julia, 1968- author.
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Eugenides, Jeffrey, author.
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Gorham, Ella Martinsen, 1969- author.
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Krauss, Nicole, author.
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Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018, author.
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Muñoz, Manuel, 1972- author.
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Nunez, Sigrid, author.
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Reva, Maria, author.
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Russell, Karen, 1981- author.
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Sayrafiezadeh, Saïd, author.
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Schaitkin, Alexis, 1985- author.
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Shepard, Jim, author.
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Trahan, Jenn Alandy, author.
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Wang, Weike, author.
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| ISBN |
1328465829 (hardback) |
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9781328465825 (hardback) |
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9781328465825 (paperback) |
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