EAN: 9780547485850

100 YEARS OF THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES - ...

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. 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. 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.

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