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The best American short stories 2014 / selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Jennifer Egan with Heidi Pitlor ; with an introduction by Jennifer Egan.

Egan, Jennifer, (editor.). Pitlor, Heidi, (editor.). Baxter, Charles, 1947- (Added Author). Beattie, Ann. (Added Author). Boyle, T. Coraghessan. (Added Author). Cameron, Peter, 1959- (Added Author). Cullen, Nicole. (Added Author). Davidson, Craig, 1976- (Added Author). Ferris, Joshua. (Added Author). Freudenberger, Nell. (Added Author). Gates, David, 1947- (Added Author). Groff, Lauren. (Added Author). Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013 (Added Author). Lindsey, O. A. (Added Author). Mackin, Will. (Added Author). Mathews, Brendan. (Added Author). McNett, Molly, 1966- (Added Author). Nugent, Benjamin. (Added Author). Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- (Added Author). O'Connor, Stephen. (Added Author). Russell, Karen, 1981- (Added Author). Van den Berg, Laura. (Added Author).

Summary:

Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

Record details

ISBN: 9780547819228
ISBN: 0547819226
ISBN: 9780547868868
ISBN: 0547868863
ISBN: 0547377185
ISBN: 9780547377186
ISBN: 0547819242
ISBN: 9780547819242
ISBN: 0606358838
ISBN: 9780606358835
Physical Description: xix, 360 pages ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Charity / Charles Baxter -- The Indian uprising / Ann Beattie -- The night of the satellite / T.C. Boyle -- After the flood / Peter Cameron -- Long Tom Lookout / Nicole Cullen -- Medium tough / Craig Davidson -- The breeze / Joshua Ferris -- Hover / Nell Freudenberger -- A hand reached down to guide me / David Gates -- At the round earth's imagined corners / Lauren Groff -- The judge's will / Ruth Prawer Jhabvala -- Evie M. / O.A. Lindsey -- Kattekoppen / Will Mackin -- This is not a love song / Brendan Mathews -- La pulchra nota / Molly McNett -- God / Benjamin Nugent -- Mastiff / Joyce Carol Oates -- Next to nothing / Stephen O'Connor -- Madame Bovary's greyhound / Karen Russell -- Antarctica / Laura Van Den Berg.