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ISBN
9780618427055
Book Title
Best American Short Stories 2005
Item Length
8.2in
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Year
2005
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1.1in
Author
Michael Chabon, Katrina Kenison
Genre
Literary Collections, Fiction
Topic
Anthologies (Multiple Authors), American / General, Essays
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
Number of Pages
432 Pages

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The Best American Series First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the very 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 2005 includes Dennis Lehane * Tom Perrotta * Alice Munro * Edward P. Jones * Joy Williams * Joyce Carol Oates * Thomas McGuane * Kelly Link * Charles D'Ambrosio * Cory Doctorow * George Saunders * and others Michael Chabon, guest editor, is the best-selling author of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys, A Model World, and, most recently, The Final Solution. His novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0618427058
ISBN-13
9780618427055
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46459070

Product Key Features

Book Title
Best American Short Stories 2005
Author
Michael Chabon, Katrina Kenison
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Anthologies (Multiple Authors), American / General, Essays
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Literary Collections, Fiction
Number of Pages
432 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz

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Reviews
Chabon reaches out toward genre fiction-after all, he writes, a story's delights "all boil down to entertainment , and its suave henchman, pleasure"-but he doesn't go so far as to alienate fans of more traditional stories in the lively latest volume of this venerable series. He begins with a Little League baseball story by Tom Perotta ("The Smile on Happy Chang's Face"), arguably a character study but a rousing sports piece too, and Dennis Lehane's "Until Gwen" follows-"Your father picks you up from prison in a stolen Dodge Neon, with an 8-ball of coke in the glove compartment and a hooker named Mandy in the back seat"-to stir things up a little. Kelly Link contributes an elegant haunted house tale, and Cory Doctorow serves up a "piss-take" on Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" with his story of online gaming, "Anda's Game." Stories by Edward P. Jones, Tim Pratt, Charles D'Ambrosio and Tom Bissell skirt genre, too, though Chabon doesn't forget such Best American stalwarts as Alice Munro, Joy Williams, Joyce Carol Oates and newer writers in the more traditional vein. In the big pile of Best Ams, this one holds its own, even if-yawn-six of the stories come from the august New Yorker .
Table of Content
Contents Foreword ix Introduction by Michael Chabon xiii Tom Perrotta. The Smile on Happy Chang's Face 1 from Post Road Dennis Lehane. Until Gwen 19 from The Atlantic Monthly Lynne Sharon Schwartz. A Taste of Dust 35 from Ninth Letter Thomas McGuane. Old Friends 43 from The New Yorker J . Robert Lennon. Eight Pieces for the Left Hand 58 from Granta Kelly Link. Stone Animals 67 from Conjunctions Nathaniel Bellows. First Four Measures 109 from The Paris Review Charles D'Ambrosio. The Scheme of Things 125 from The New Yorker Alice Munro. Silence 149 from The New Yorker Tom Bissell. Death Defier 174 from Virginia Quarterly Review Joy Williams. The Girls 212 from Idaho Review Cory Doctorow. Anda's Game 223 from Salon.com Alix Ohlin. Simple Exercises for the Beginning Student 251 from Swink Edward P. Jones. Old Boys, Old Girls 265 from The New Yorker David Means. The Secret Goldfish 288 from The New Yorker Joyce Carol Oates. The Cousins 298 from Harper's Magazine David Bezmozgis. Natasha 318 from Harper's Magazine Tim Pratt. Hart and Boot 339 from Polyphony Rishi Reddi. Justice Shiva Ram Murthy 356 from Harvard Review George Saunders. Bohemians 374 from The New Yorker Contributors' Notes 383 100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2004 394 Editorial Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories 398
Copyright Date
2005
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Best American Ser.

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