| The Best American Short Stories 2021 Contributor(s): Pitlor, Heidi (Author), Pitlor, Heidi (Editor), Ward, Jesmyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0358578825 ISBN-13: 9780358578826 Publisher: HarperAudio OUR PRICE: $44.09 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: October 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 813.010 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.83" W x 5.59" (0.52 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A collection of the year's best stories selected by celebrated two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward In her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, guest editor Jesmyn Ward says that the best fiction offers the reader a sense of repair. The stories in this year's collection accomplish just that, immersing the reader in powerfully imagined worlds and allowing them to bring some of that power into their own lives. From a stirring portrait of Rodney King's final days to a surreal video game set in the Middle East--with real consequences, to an indigenous boy's gripping escape from his captors, this collection renders profoundly empathetic depictions of the variety of human experience. These stories are poignant reminders of the possibilities of fiction: as you sink into world after world, become character after character, as Ward writes, you forget yourself and then, upon surfacing, know yourself and others anew. Included here are stories by Gabriel Bump, Brandon Hobson, David Means, Jane Pek, Tracey Rose Peyton, George Saunders, Bryan Washington, Kevin Wilson, C Pam Zhang, and others |