Best american short stories 2005

Klappentext The Best American Series First, Best, and Best-SellingThe 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 includesDennis 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 othersMichael 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. Zusammenfassung 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 details

• Authors: Michael Chabon, Katrina Kenison, katrina Kension
• Assisted by: Michael Chabon (Editor), Katrina Kenison (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.10.2005
• EAN: 9780618427055
• ISBN: 978-0-618-42705-5
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Best American Short Stories; Best American; Best American Short Stories
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Crime, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), FICTION: Noir, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Anthologies (multiple authors), COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS: Literary