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Deze jaarlijkse bloemlezing toont het beste uit de Amerikaanse korte fictie, samengesteld door vooraanstaande gastredacteuren. Elk deel presenteert een gevarieerde verzameling stemmen en stijlen, met zowel gevestigde literaire grootheden als opkomende vertellers. Lezers worden getrakteerd op inzichtelijke verkenningen van de hedendaagse menselijke conditie, die een panoramisch beeld bieden van het Amerikaanse leven en de complexiteiten ervan. Het is een onmisbare bron voor iedereen die gepassioneerd is door de kunst van het korte verhaal.

The Best American Short Stories
The Best American Short Stories
The Best American Short Stories 2011
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The Best American Short Stories, 1998

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  • The Best American Short Stories, 1998

    Edited by beloved storyteller Garrison Keillor, this year's volume promises to be full of humor, surprises, and, as always, accomplished writing by new and familiar voices. The preeminent short fiction series since 1915, The Best American Short Stories is the only volume that annually offers the finest works chosen by a distinguished best-selling author.Hermit's story / Rick Bass --Sun, the moon, the stars / Junot Diaz --Mrs. Dutta writes a letter / Chitra Divakaruni --Kansas / Stephen Dobyns --Tumblers / Nathan Englander --Piano tuner / Tim Gautreaux --Uncharted heart / Melissa Hardy --The 5:22 / George Harrar --Islands / A. Hemon --Best girlfriend you never had / Pam Houston --In the kindergarten / Ha Jin --Marry the one who gets there first / Heidi Julavits --Live life king-sized / Hester Kaplan --Africans / Sheila Kohler --Interpreter of maladies / Jhumpa Lahiri --Real estate / Lorrie Moore --Save the reaper / Alice Munro --Bunchgrass edge of the world / Annie Proulx --Robbers of Karnataka / James Spencer --Good shopkeeper / Samrat Upadhyay --Rest of her life / Steve Yarbrough

    The Best American Short Stories, 1998

  • The best American short stories

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    This year's edition of the well-known anthology engages with contemporary issues rather than adhering strictly to academic formalism. Series editor Pitlor notes that each of the twenty stories is "risky in its own way," showcasing the resilience of the human spirit in the face of crises. Among the diverse entries, two stories inspired by Hurricane Katrina stand out for their contrasting approaches. "Rubiaux Rising," the shortest at eight pages, delivers a powerful narrative about an Iraq veteran detoxing from painkillers in an attic during the storm. This compelling piece is the author's first submission, highlighting the anthology's value in uncovering new talent. In contrast, Adam Johnson's "Hurricanes Anonymous," the longest story at 40 pages, explores the emotional aftermath of two Louisiana storms, weaving intricate connections and losses. Other tales delve into themes of war and foreign affairs, featuring both emerging voices like Zambia-born Namwali Serpell and familiar authors such as Jill McCorkle, Richard Powers, and Annie Proulx. The collection includes multiple selections from esteemed publications like the New Yorker and Tin House. As always, readers are likely to discover new favorites within these pages. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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  • The Best American Short Stories 2011

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    The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s 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

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  • The Best American Short Stories

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    A compilation of twenty American short stories by authors such as Rick Bass, Robert Olen Butler, Alice Munro, Joyce Carol Oates, and Tobias Wolff. Includes a list of 100 additional notable stories from 1991.

    The Best American Short Stories

  • The Best American Short Stories

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    A compilation of twenty American short stories originally published in magazines and periodicals issued between January 2001 and January 2002, selected for inclusion by guest editor Sue Miller.

    The Best American Short Stories

  • 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories

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    Collects forty short stories published between 1915 and 2015, from writers that include Ernest Hemingway, John Updike, and Alice Munro that exemplify their era and stand the test of time --

    100 Years of the Best American Short Stories

  • The Best American Short Stories 2019

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    #1 New York Times best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr brings his ';stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors' ( San Francisco Chronicle) to selecting The Best American Short Stories 2019.

    The Best American Short Stories 2019

  • The Best American Short Stories 2018

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    BASS 2016: This terrific and surprising collection of tales by a diverse group of writers lives up to Diaz's rah-rah (his term) rallying cry for the form... Count on them to transport you. -USA Today This year's collection brings together fine stories by famous fiction writers like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Karen Russell... [while] a great deal of the magic is generated by the appearance of less familiar names... Each of these outstanding stories is, as Diaz observes, a chance to listen 'to some other lone voice struggling to be heard against the great silence.' - The National Book Review BASS 2015: New York Times Bestsellers List Oct. 25 #13 Confrontational and at times confounding, these are stories to get lost in, then gratefully chart a path homeward. - Kirkus

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  • The Best American Short Stories of the Century

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    Selected by the award-winning author of the Rabbit novels, fifty-five of the most important pieces of short fiction of the twentieth century feature masterworks by Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Eudora Welty, Philip Roth, Joyce Carol Oates, and other notable writers. 75,000 first printing.

    The Best American Short Stories of the Century

  • The Best American Short Stories

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    The Best American series, established in 1915, highlights exceptional short fiction and nonfiction annually. Each volume features a selection process where a series editor reviews numerous periodicals, narrowing down hundreds of works to around twenty outstanding pieces, chosen by a renowned guest editor. This distinctive approach contributes to the series' reputation as the most respected and popular anthology of its kind, showcasing the best literary talent in the country.

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  • The Best American Short Stories 2001

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    This year’s Best American Short Stories is edited by the critically acclaimed and best-selling author Barbara Kingsolver, whose latest book is Prodigal Summer. Kingsolver’s selections for The Best American Short Stories 2001 showcase a wide variety of new voices and masters, such as Alice Munro, Rick Moody, Dorothy West, and John Updike. “Reading these stories was both a distraction from and an anchor to the complexities of my life — my pleasure, my companionship, my salvation. I hope they will be yours.” — Barbara Kingsolver

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  • The Best American Short Stories 2008

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    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, editorIntroduction / by Salman Rushdie --Admiral / T.C. Boyle --The year of silence / Kevin Brockmeier --Galatea / Karen Brown --Man and wife / Katie Chase --Virgins / Danielle Evans --Closely held / Allegra Goodman --May we be forgiven / A.M. Homes --From the desk of Daniel Varsky / Nicole Krauss --The king of sentences / Jonathan Lethem --The worst you ever feel / Rebecca Makkai --The wizard of West Orange / Steven Millhauser --Nawabdin Electrician / Daniyal Mueenuddin --Child's play / Alice Munro --Buying Lenin / Miroslav Penkov --Vampires in the lemon grove / Karen Russell --Puppy / George Saunders --Quality of life / Christine Sneed --Missionaries / Bradford Tice --Straightaway / Mark Wisniewski --Bible / Tobias Wolff

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  • The Best American Short Stories 2017

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    Best-selling author Meg Wolitzer guest edits the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction. If you know exactly what you are going to get from the experience of reading a story, you probably wouldn't go looking for it; you need, in order to be an open reader of fiction, to be willing. To cast a vote for what you love and then wait for the outcome, writes Meg Wolitzer in her introduction. The Best American Short Stories 2017 casts a vote for and celebrates all that is our country. Here you'll find a man with a boyfriend and a girlfriend, naval officers trapped on a submarine, a contestant on America's Funniest Home Videos, and a gay man desperate to be a father-unforgettable characters waiting for an outcome, burning with stories to tell. The Best American Short Stories 2017 includes T. C. BOYLE - JAI CHAKRABARTI - EMMA CLINE - DANIELLE EVANS - LAUREN GROFF - ERIC PUCHNER - JIM SHEPARD - CURTIS SITTENFELD - JESS WALTER and others

    The Best American Short Stories 2017