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...
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Author: Lorrie Moore
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100 Years of the Best American Short Stories by Moore, Lorrie

100 Years of the Best American Short Stories

$81.55

100 Years of the Best American Short Stories

$81.55
Author: Lorrie Moore
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

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.




Author: Lorrie Moore, Heidi Pitlor
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 10/06/2015
Pages: 752
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.60w x 2.40d
ISBN: 9780547485850


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/01/2015 pg. 72
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2015

About the Author
LORRIE MOORE is the author of the story collections Bark, Birds of America, Like Life, and Self-Help and the novels Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? and Anagrams.

HEIDI PITLOR has been the series editor for The Best American Short Stories since 2007. She is the author of the forthcoming novel The Daylight Marriage.

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