The Best American Short Stories 2012

by Heidi Pitlor, Eric Puchner, Alice Munro, et al.

Book Overview

The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling 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 magazines, journals, and websites. 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. The Best American Short Stories 2012 includes Nathan Englander, Mary Gaitskill, Roxane Gay, Jennifer Haigh, Steven Millhauser, Alice Munro, Lawrence Osborne, Eric Puchner, George Saunders, Kate Walbert, and others

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0547242107
• ISBN13: 9780547242101
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Exceptional book for exceptional price

I love the short story format. I think it more challenging for the author to fashion his characters, creative some type of conflict or drama, and then wrap the whole thing in a limited time. The pitfalls can be great: we may not relate to the characters, we may not fully invest ourselves in the conflict, and we may want to know more, more, more about the people we just got interested in. But a short, concise, well written piece of prose is very satisfying for the soul. This series of Best American Short Stories continues to scan thousands of submissions to come up with the very, very best. Cannot recommend highly enough.