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Best American Short Stories 2019 by Heidi Pitlor and Anthony Doerr (2019, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-101328484246
ISBN-139781328484246
eBay Product ID (ePID)26038711385
Product Key Features
Book TitleBest American Short Stories 2019
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAnthologies (Multiple Authors), American / General, Essays
Publication Year2019
GenreFiction, Literary Collections
AuthorHeidi Pitlor, Anthony Doerr
Book SeriesBest American Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight12.1 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2020-300193
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"A fine celebration of the many guises a short story can take while still doing its essential work." - Kirkus "[T]his anthology rejoices in its range of subject matter, its emotional complexity and its depiction of quietly powerful moments." - Shelf Awareness
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal813/.010806
Table Of ContentANTHONY DOERR. Introdution NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH. The Era KATHLEEN ALCOTT. Natural Light WENDELL BERRY. The Great Interruption: The Story of a Famous Story of Old Port William and How It Ceased To Be Told (1935-1978) JAMEL BRINKLEY. No More Than a Bubble DEBORAH EISENBERG. The Third Tower JULIA ELLIOTT. Hellion JEFFREY EUGENIDES. Bronze ELLA MARTINSEN GORHAM. Protozoa NICOLE KRAUSS. Seeing Ershadi URSULA K. LE GUIN. Pity and Shame MANUEL MUÑOZ. Anyone Can Do It SIGRID NUNEZ. The Plan MARIA REVA. Letter of Apology KAREN RUSSELL. Black Corfu SAÏD SAYRAFIEZADEH. Audition ALEXIS SCHAITKIN. Natural Disasters JIM SHEPARD. Our Day of Grace MONA SIMPSON. Wrong Object JENN ALANDY TRAHAN. They Told Us Not to Say This WEIKE WANG. Omakase
Synopsis#1 New York Times best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr brings his"stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors" (San Francisco Chronicle) to selecting The Best American Short Stories 2019. "As soon as you complete a description of what a good story must be, a new example flutters through an open window, lands on your sleeve, and proves your description wrong," writes Anthony Doerr about the task of selecting The Best American Short Stories 2019. The year's best stories are a diverse, addictive group exploring everything from America's rich rural culture to its online teen culture to the fragile nature of the therapist-client relationship. This astonishing collection brings together the realistic and dystopic, humor and terror. For Doerr, "with every new artist, we simultaneously refine and expand our understanding of what the form can be." The Best American Short Stories 2019 includes Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Jamel Brinkley, Jeffrey Eugenides, Ursula K. Le Guin, Manuel Muñoz, Sigrid Nunez, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, Jim Shepherd, Weike Wang, and others., #1 New York Times best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr brings his"stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors" ( San Francisco Chronicle) to selecting The Best American Short Stories 2019. "As soon as you complete a description of what a good story must be, a new example flutters through an open window, lands on your sleeve, and proves your description wrong," writes Anthony Doerr about the task of selecting The Best American Short Stories 2019 . The year's best stories are a diverse, addictive group exploring everything from America's rich rural culture to its online teen culture to the fragile nature of the therapist-client relationship. This astonishing collection brings together the realistic and dystopic, humor and terror. For Doerr, "with every new artist, we simultaneously refine and expand our understanding of what the form can be." The Best American Short Stories 2019 includes Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Jamel Brinkley, Jeffrey Eugenides, Ursula K. Le Guin, Manuel Muñoz, Sigrid Nunez, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, Jim Shepherd, Weike Wang, and others., #1 New York Times best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr brings his"stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors" ( San Francisco Chronicle) to selecting The Best American Short Stories 2019., #1 New York Times best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr brings his"stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors" ( San Francisco Chronicle) to selecting The Best American Short Stories 2019. "As soon as you complete a description of what a good story must be, a new example flutters through an open window, lands on your sleeve, and proves your description wrong," writes Anthony Doerr about the task of selecting The Best American Short Stories 2019 . The year's best stories are a diverse, addictive group exploring everything from America's rich rural culture to its online teen culture to the fragile nature of the therapist-client relationship. This astonishing collection brings together the realistic and dystopic, humor and terror. For Doerr, "with every new artist, we simultaneously refine and expand our understanding of what the form can be." The Best American Short Stories 2019 includes Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Jamel Brinkley, Jeffrey Eugenides, Ursula K. Le Guin, Manuel Mu oz, Sigrid Nunez, Sa d Sayrafiezadeh, Jim Shepherd, Weike Wang, and others.
LC Classification NumberPS659.2.B476 2019
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- 20 May, 2020
Please say electronic book in the title...
I was wondering how it cost only $2 with shipping. Well, I'm also happy with the pdf! Thanks!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 25 Jun, 2020
Beautiful gems!
Most of the short stories in the annual “Best American” collections are beautiful gems that transport you to different worlds.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
