Synopses & Reviews
This brilliant collection, edited by the award-winning and perennially provocative Salman Rushdie, boasts a "magnificent array" (
Library Journal) of voices both new and recognized. With Rushdie at the helm, the 2008 edition "reflects the variety of substance and style and the consistent quality that readers have come to expect" (
Publishers Weekly).
"We all live in and with and by stories, every day, whoever and wherever we are. The freedom to tell each other the stories of ourselves, to retell the stories of our culture and beliefs, is profoundly connected to the larger subject of freedom itself." Salman Rushdie, editor
The Best American Short Stories 2008 includes Kevin Brockmeier, Allegra Goodman, A.M. Homes, Nicole Krauss, Jonathan Lethem, Steven Millhauser, Daniyal Mueenuddin, Alice Munro, George Saunders, Tobias Wolff, and others.
Review
"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..
.Brooks does the honors impressively."
--Booklist "Though many of the names here are familiar, this powerful new work re-establishes these authors' command of the form."
--Publishers Weekly "Another stellar selection from an anthology that has sustained high standards for 35 years..Each one of these stories could establish itself as some readers favorite."
--Kirkus, starred
Synopsis
This brilliant collection, edited by the award-winning and perennially provocative Rushdie, boasts an array of voices both new and recognized. Contributors include T.C. Boyle, Allegra Goodman, Nicole Krauss, Steven Millhauser, Jonathan Lethem, and Karen Russell.
Synopsis
A collection of the year's best short stories from American periodicals as chosen by Pulizer Prize author Geraldine Brooks.
Synopsis
The Best American Series®
First, Best, and Best-Selling
The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the countrys finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volumes 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.
The Best American Short Stories 2011 includes
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Megan Mayhew Bergman, Jennifer Egan,
Nathan Englander, Allegra Goodman,
Ehud Havazelet, Rebecca Makkai, Steven Millhauser,
George Saunders, Mark Slouka, and others
About the Author
Geraldine Brooks was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 2006 for her novel March. Her first novel, Year of Wonders, is an international bestseller, and her novel People of the Book was a New York Times bestseller translated into 20 languages. She is also the author of the nonfiction works Nine Parts of Desire and Foreign Correspondence. HEIDI PITLOR is a former senior editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. She is the author of the novel The Birthdays and has a novel forthcoming in Spring, 2015.
Table of Contents
"Admiral"
T. C. Boyle
Harper's Magazine
"The Year of Silence"
Kevin Brockmeier
Ecotone
"Galatea"
Karen Brown
Crazyhorse
"Man and Wife"
Katie Chase
The Missouri Review
"Virgins"
Danielle Evans
The Paris Review
"Closely Held"
Allegra Goodman
Ploughshares
"May We Be Forgiven"
A. M. Homes
Granta
"From the Desk of Daniel Varsky"
Nicole Krauss
Harper's Magazine
"The King of Sentences"
Jonathan Lethem
The New Yorker
"The Worst You Ever Feel"
Rebecca Makkai
Shenandoah
"The Wizard of West Orange"
Steven Millhauser
Harper's Magazine
"Nawabdin Electrician"
Daniyal Mueenuddin
The New Yorker
"Child's Play"
Alice Munro
Harper's Magazine
"Buying Lenin"
Miroslav Penkov
The Southern Review
"Vampires in the Lemon Grove"
Karen Russell
Zoetrope All-Story
"Puppy"
George Saunders
The New Yorker
"Quality of Life"
Christine Sneed
New England Review
"Missionaries" Bradford Tice
The Atlantic Monthly
"Straightaway"
Mark Wisniewski
The Antioch Review
"Bible"
Tobias Wolff
The Atlantic Monthly