| Description |
xix, 360 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
The best American series
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Best American series.
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| Contents |
Charity / Charles Baxter -- Indian uprising / Ann Beattie -- Night of the satellite / T.C. Boyle -- After the flood / Peter Cameron -- Long Tom Lookout / Nicole Cullen -- Medium tough / Craig Davidson -- Breeze / Joshua Ferris -- Hover / Nell Freudenberger -- A hand reached down to guide me / David Gates -- At the round earth's imagined corners / Lauren Groff -- Judge's will / Ruth Prawer Jhabvala -- Evie M. / O.A. Lindsey -- Kattekoppen / Will Mackin -- This is not a love song / Brendan Mathews -- La Pulchra Nota / Molly McNett -- God / Benjamin Nugent -- Mastiff / Joyce Carol Oates -- Next to nothing / Stephen O'Connor -- Madame Bovary's greyhound / Karen Russell -- Antarctica / Laura Van Den Berg. |
| 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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Short stories, American. |
| Genre/Form |
Short stories, American.
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| Subject |
American fiction -- 21st century.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Egan, Jennifer, editor.
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Pitlor, Heidi, editor.
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Baxter, Charles, 1947-
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Beattie, Anne.
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Boyle, T. Coraghessan.
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Cameron, Peter, 1959-
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Cullen, Nicole.
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Davidson, Craig, 1976-
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Ferris, Joshua.
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Freudenberger, Nell.
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Gates, David, 1947-
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Groff, Lauren.
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Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013.
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Lindsey, O. A.
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Mackin, Will.
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Mathews, Brendan.
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McNett, Molly.
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Nugent, Benjamin.
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Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
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O'Connor, Stephen.
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Russell, Karen, 1981-
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Van den Berg, Laura.
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| ISBN |
9780547819228 |
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0547819226 |
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9780547868868 (paperback) |
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0547868863 (paperback) |
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