The best American short stories 2010 : selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines
Title:
The best American short stories 2010 : selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines
Author:
Russo, Richard, 1949-
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2010]
©2010
Physical Description:
xix, 421 pages ; 21 cm.
Summary:
Edited by the award-winning, best-selling author Richard Russo, this year's collection boasts a satisfying "chorus of twenty stories that are by turns playful, ironic, somber, and meditative" (Wall Street Journal). With the masterful Russo picking the best of the best, America's oldest and best-selling story anthology is sure to be of "enduring quality" (Chicago Tribune) this year.
General Note:
"Mariner Books"--T.p.
Language:
English
Contents:
Introduction / Donkey greedy, donkey gets punched / Into silence / Cousins / Safari / Someone ought to tell her there's nowhere to go / Valetudinarian / Delicate edible birds / Least resistance / Hollow / Painted ocean, painted ship / My last attempt to explain to you what happened with the lion tamer / PS / Further interpretaions of real-life events / Laugh / All boy / Ascent / Seagull Army descends on Strong Beach / Netherlands lives with water / Cowboy tango / Raw water
Genre:
ISBN:
9780547055329
9780547055282
Format :
Book
