The Best American short stories, 1999 : selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines /
The Best American short stories, 1999 : selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines /
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
- xxviii, 410 pages ; 22 cm
Foreword -- Introduction / The hermit's story / The sun, the moon, the stars / Mrs. Dutta writes a letter / Kansas / The tumblers / The piano tuner / The uncharted heart / The 5:22 / Islands / The best girlfriend you never had / In the kindergarten / Marry the one who gets there first / Live life king-sized / Africans / Interpreter of maladies / Real estate / Save the reaper / The bunchgrass edge of the world / The robbers of Karnataka / The good shopkeeper / The rest of her life / Contributors' notes -- 100 other distinguished stories of 1998 -- Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories. Amy Tan -- Rick Bass -- Junot D�iaz -- Chitra Divakaruni -- Stephen Dobyns -- Nathan Englander -- Tim Gautreaux -- Melissa Hardy -- George Harrar -- A. Hemon -- Pam Houston -- Ha Jin -- Heidi Julavits -- Hester Kaplan -- Sheilia Kohler -- Jhumpa Lahiri -- Lorrie Moore -- Alice Munro -- Annie Proulx -- James Spencer -- Samrat Upadhyay -- Steve Yarbrough --
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 periodicals. 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.
0395926831 9780395926833 039592684X 9780395926840
1900-1999
Short stories, American.
American fiction--20th century.
Short stories, Canadian.
Canadian fiction--20th century.
PS648.S5 / B4 1999
808.83
Foreword -- Introduction / The hermit's story / The sun, the moon, the stars / Mrs. Dutta writes a letter / Kansas / The tumblers / The piano tuner / The uncharted heart / The 5:22 / Islands / The best girlfriend you never had / In the kindergarten / Marry the one who gets there first / Live life king-sized / Africans / Interpreter of maladies / Real estate / Save the reaper / The bunchgrass edge of the world / The robbers of Karnataka / The good shopkeeper / The rest of her life / Contributors' notes -- 100 other distinguished stories of 1998 -- Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories. Amy Tan -- Rick Bass -- Junot D�iaz -- Chitra Divakaruni -- Stephen Dobyns -- Nathan Englander -- Tim Gautreaux -- Melissa Hardy -- George Harrar -- A. Hemon -- Pam Houston -- Ha Jin -- Heidi Julavits -- Hester Kaplan -- Sheilia Kohler -- Jhumpa Lahiri -- Lorrie Moore -- Alice Munro -- Annie Proulx -- James Spencer -- Samrat Upadhyay -- Steve Yarbrough --
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 periodicals. 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.
0395926831 9780395926833 039592684X 9780395926840
1900-1999
Short stories, American.
American fiction--20th century.
Short stories, Canadian.
Canadian fiction--20th century.
PS648.S5 / B4 1999
808.83