The Best American Short Stories - by Geraldine Brooks & Heidi Pitlor (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A collection of the year's best short stories from American periodicals are chosen by Pulitzer Prize author Brooks.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The Best American Series(R) <br>First, Best, and Best-Selling <p/>The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind. <br><i>The Best American Short Stories 2011</i> includes <p/>Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Megan Mayhew Bergman, Jennifer Egan, <br>Nathan Englander, Allegra Goodman, <br>Ehud Havazelet, Rebecca Makkai, Steven Millhauser, <br>George Saunders, Mark Slouka, and others <br><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>The Best American Series(r)<br>First, Best, and Best-Selling <br>The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected and most popular of its kind. <br><i>The Best American Short Stories 2011</i> includes <br>Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Megan Mayhew Bergman, Jennifer Egan, <br>Nathan Englander, Allegra Goodman, <br>Ehud Havazelet, Rebecca Makkai, Steven Millhauser, <br>George Saunders, Mark Slouka, and others<br>GERALDINE BROOKS, editor, is the author of the novels <i>Caleb s Crossing</i>, <i>People of the Book</i>, <i>March </i>(winner of the Pulitzer Prize), and <i>Year of Wonders</i>, and the nonfiction works <i>Nine Parts of Desire</i> and <i>Foreign Correspondence</i>. Born and raised in Australia, she lives on Martha s Vineyard with her husband, the author Tony Horwitz, and their two sons. <br>Look for the other best-selling titles in the Best American series: <br>THE BEST AMERICAN COMICS<br>THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS<br>THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES<br>THE BEST AMERICAN NONREQUIRED READING<br>THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING<br>THE BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING<br>THE BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING <p>"<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br></p>In this anthology series celebrating American short fiction annually since 1915, each year a different renowned writer chooses the best 20 stories of that year..<b>.Brooks does the honors impressively.</b><br>--<i>Booklist</p></i>Though many of the names here are familiar, this <b>powerful new work</b> re-establishes these authors' command of the form.<br>--<i>Publishers Weekly</i>Another <b>stellar selection</b> from an anthology that has sustained high standards for 35 years..<b>Each one of these stories could establish itself as some reader's favorite</b>.<br>--<i>Kirkus</i>, starred<br>
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