| Description |
xviii, 347 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
The best American series
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Best American series.
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| Note |
"Mariner Books." |
| Contents |
Introduction / Alice Sebold -- The idiot President / Daniel Alarcon -- Yurt / Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum -- Rubiaux rising / Steve de Jarnatt -- Beyond the pale / Joseph Epstein -- A shadow table / Alice Fulton -- NowTrends / Karl Taro Greenfeld -- The farms / Eleanor Henderson -- Sagittarius / Grek Hrbek -- Hurricanes anonymous / Adam Johnson -- The anniversary trip / Victoria Lancelotta -- A man like him / Yiyun Li -- The 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 -- The peripatetic coffin / Ethan Rutherford -- Muzungu / Namwali Serpell -- Contributors' notes -- 100 other distinguished stories of 2008 -- Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories. |
| 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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| 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 |
| 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 $14.00 |
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0618792252 paperback $14.00 |
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