The Best American Short Stories 2017
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HarperCollins · Ebook · October 3, 2017
Best-selling author Meg Wolitzer guest edits the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction. “If you know exactly what you are going to get from the experience of reading a story, you probably wouldn’t go looking for it; you need, in order to be an open reader of fiction, to be willing.
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- Who it’s for
- For when you want a long stretch of stories with a steady, attentive hand on the.
- Genres
- Short Story Anthologies, American Literary Collections, Literary Fiction
- Published
- HarperCollins, October 3, 2017
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Best-selling author Meg Wolitzer guest edits the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction. “If you know exactly what you are going to get from the experience of reading a story, you probably wouldn’t go looking for it; you need, in order to be an open reader of fiction, to be willing. To cast a vote for what you love and then wait for the outcome,” writes Meg Wolitzer in her introduction.
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The Best American Short Stories 2017 casts a vote for and celebrates all that is our country. Here you’ll find a man with a boyfriend and a girlfriend, naval officers trapped on a submarine, a contestant on America’s Funniest Home Videos, and a gay man desperate to be a father—unforgettable characters waiting for an outcome, burning with stories to tell. The Best American Short Stories 2017 includes T. C. BOYLE • JAI CHAKRABARTI • EMMA CLINE • DANIELLE EVANS • LAUREN GROFF • ERIC PUCHNER • JIM SHEPARD • CURTIS SITTENFELD • JESS WALTER and others
Story Stacks
For when you want a long stretch of stories with a steady, attentive hand on the.
Come here for
- Meg Wolitzer’s curation touch
- A sustained short-story run
Expect
- Varied voices and forms
- Easy to read in episodes or all at once
Where it sits
| Short Story Anthologies | 59% |
|---|---|
| Literary Fiction | 52% |
| American Literary Collections | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Literary Graphic Novels
- Short Story Anthologies
- Fantasy Anthologies
- Literary Fiction
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- Mystery Anthologies
- Sci-Fi Short Stories
- Short Stories (Single Author)
- Crime Fiction
- Authors
- Meg Wolitzer
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 3, 2017
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Literary Graphic Novels