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The Best American Short Stories of the Century

By John Updike , Katrina Kenison

Book information

Publisher
Mariner Books
Year
2000
ISBN
0395843677, 9780395843673
Open Library ID
OL6806220M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6328301 bytes)
Edition
Expanded
Pages
817\816
Topic
Literature Prose
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00
Библиотека;Зарубежная литература;На английском язы

Description

Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers, showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmed for all time the significance of the short story in our national literature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY brings together the best -- fifty-six extraordinary stories that represent a century's worth of unsurpassed achievements in this quintessentially American literary genre. This expanded edition includes a new story from The Best American Short Stories 1999 to round out the century, as well as an index including every story published in the series. Of all the writers whose work has appeared in the series, only John Updike has been represented in each of the last five decades, from his first appearance, in 1959, to his most recent, in 1998. Updike worked with coeditor Katrina Kenison to choose the finest stories from the years since 1915. The result is "extraordinary . . . A one-volume literary history of this country's immeasurable pains and near-infinite hopes" (Boston Globe).

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