{"product_id":"100-years-of-the-best-american-short-stories-hardcover","title":"100 Years of the Best American Short Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLorrie Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHeidi Pitlor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWitness the ever-changing history and identity of America in this collection of 40 stories collected from the first 100 years of this bestselling series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is the longest running and best-selling series of short fiction in the country. 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 Diaz to Mary Gaitskill, from ZZ Packer to Sherman Alexie, these writers and stories explore the different things it means to be American.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Moore writes that the process of assembling these stories allowed her to look thrillingly not just at literary history but at actual history the cries and chatterings, silences and descriptions of a nation in flux. \u003ci\u003e100 Years of The Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable testament, a retrospective of our country s ever-changing but continually compelling literary artistry.\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEDNA FERBER\u003cbr\u003e SHERWOOD ANDERSON\u003cbr\u003e ERNEST HEMINGWAY\u003cbr\u003e RING LARDNER\u003cbr\u003e F. SCOTT FITZGERALD\u003cbr\u003e KATHERINE ANNE PORTER\u003cbr\u003e WILLIAM FAULKNER\u003cbr\u003e NANCY HALE\u003cbr\u003e EUDORA WELTY\u003cbr\u003e JOHN CHEEVER\u003cbr\u003e TILLIE OLSEN\u003cbr\u003e JAMES BALDWIN\u003cbr\u003e PHILIP ROTH\u003cbr\u003e FLANNERY O CONNOR\u003cbr\u003e JOHN UPDIKE\u003cbr\u003e RAYMOND CARVER\u003cbr\u003e JOYCE CAROL OATES\u003cbr\u003e DONALD BARTHELME\u003cbr\u003e STANLEY ELKIN\u003cbr\u003e GRACE PALEY\u003cbr\u003e CHARLES BAXTER\u003cbr\u003e MONA SIMPSON\u003cbr\u003e RICHARD FORD\u003cbr\u003e ROBERT STONE\u003cbr\u003e DAVID WONG LOUIE\u003cbr\u003e ALICE MUNRO\u003cbr\u003e MARY GAITSKILL\u003cbr\u003e JAMAICA KINCAID\u003cbr\u003e AKHIL SHARMA\u003cbr\u003e JUNOT DIAZ\u003cbr\u003e JHUMPA LAHIRI\u003cbr\u003e ZZ PACKER\u003cbr\u003e SHERMAN ALEXIE\u003cbr\u003e EDWARD P. JONES\u003cbr\u003e BENJAMIN PERCY\u003cbr\u003e TOBIAS WOLFF\u003cbr\u003e NATHAN ENGLANDER\u003cbr\u003e JULIE OTSUKA\u003cbr\u003e GEORGE SAUNDERS\u003cbr\u003e LAUREN GROFF\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLORRIE MOORE is the author of the story collections \u003ci\u003eBark, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBirds of America, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLike Life, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSelf-Help\u003c\/i\u003e and the novels \u003ci\u003eWho Will Run the Frog Hospital?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnagrams.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e HEIDI PITLOR has been the series editor for \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e since 2007. She is the author of the forthcoming novel \u003ci\u003eThe Daylight Marriage.\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 752\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.4 x 9.1 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44302789279846,"sku":"9780547485850","price":44.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/aFlidHdFL1JERTU1bTFqYzcyQ2JhZz09.webp?v=1767502524","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/100-years-of-the-best-american-short-stories-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}