100 Years of the Best American Short Stories - (Best American Series (R)) by Lorrie Moore & Heidi Pitlor (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>For the 100th anniversary of <i>The Best American Short Stories</i> series, a retrospective of stories selected by master of the form Lorrie Moore. The stories, along with one hundred years of behind-the-scenes anecdotes and decade-by-decade analysis, tell the history of American short fiction, showcasing representative moments in the series as well as literary moments in time.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Witness the ever-changing history and identity of America in this collection of 40 stories collected from the first 100 years of this bestselling series.</b> <p/> For the centennial celebration of this beloved annual series, master of the form Lorrie Moore selects forty stories from the more than two thousand that were published in previous editions. Series editor Heidi Pitlor recounts behind-the-scenes anecdotes and examines, decade by decade, the trends captured over a hundred years. Together, the stories and commentary offer an extraordinary guided tour through a century of literature with what Moore calls "all its wildnesses of character and voice." <p/> These forty stories represent their eras but also stand the test of time. Here is Ernest Hemingway's first published story and a classic by William Faulkner, who admitted in his biographical note that he began to write "as an aid to love-making." Nancy Hale's story describes far-reaching echoes of the Holocaust; Tillie Olsen's story expresses the desperation of a single mother; James Baldwin depicts the bonds of brotherhood and music. Here is Raymond Carver's "minimalism," a term he disliked, and Grace Paley's "secular Yiddishkeit." Here are the varied styles of Donald Barthelme, Charles Baxter, and Jamaica Kincaid. From Junot Díaz to Mary Gaitskill, from ZZ Packer to Sherman Alexie, these writers and stories explore the different things it means to be American. <p/> <p/><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>EDNA FERBER<br /> SHERWOOD ANDERSON<br /> ERNEST HEMINGWAY<br /> RING LARDNER<br /> F. SCOTT FITZGERALD<br /> KATHERINE ANNE PORTER<br /> WILLIAM FAULKNER<br /> NANCY HALE<br /> EUDORA WELTY<br /> JOHN CHEEVER<br /> TILLIE OLSEN<br /> JAMES BALDWIN<br /> PHILIP ROTH<br /> FLANNERY O CONNOR<br /> JOHN UPDIKE<br /> RAYMOND CARVER<br /> JOYCE CAROL OATES<br /> DONALD BARTHELME<br /> STANLEY ELKIN<br /> GRACE PALEY<br /> CHARLES BAXTER<br /> MONA SIMPSON<br /> RICHARD FORD<br /> ROBERT STONE<br /> DAVID WONG LOUIE<br /> ALICE MUNRO<br /> MARY GAITSKILL<br /> JAMAICA KINCAID<br /> AKHIL SHARMA<br /> JUNOT DIAZ<br /> JHUMPA LAHIRI<br /> ZZ PACKER<br /> SHERMAN ALEXIE<br /> EDWARD P. JONES<br /> BENJAMIN PERCY<br /> TOBIAS WOLFF<br /> NATHAN ENGLANDER<br /> JULIE OTSUKA<br /> GEORGE SAUNDERS<br /> LAUREN GROFF<br />"<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>LORRIE MOORE is the author of the story collections <i>Bark, </i> <i>Birds of America, </i> <i>Like Life, </i> and <i>Self-Help</i> and the novels <i>Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?</i> and <i>Anagrams.</i> <p/> HEIDI PITLOR has been the series editor for <i>The Best American Short Stories</i> since 2007. She is the author of the forthcoming novel <i>The Daylight Marriage.</i>
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