Best Short Stories

Author : Jesmyn Ward,Heidi Pitlor
Publisher : Best American Series (R)
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781328485380

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The Best American Short Stories 2021 by Jesmyn Ward,Heidi Pitlor Pdf

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 JesmynWard 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. The Best American Short Stories 2021 includes GABRIEL BUMP - BRANDON HOBSON - DAVID MEANS- JANE PEK - TRACEY ROSE PEYTON - GEORGE SAUNDERS - BRYAN WASHINGTON - KEVIN WILSON - C PAM ZHANG and others

Author : David Owens Short Stories
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1688951334

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Short Stories by David Owens Short Stories Pdf

If you can't decide which new novel or nonfiction book to pick up, here's another idea: try reading a short story collection. Rather than focus on a singular narrative, these unique options weave together the voices of several writers, or focus on multiple stories by an author you know and love."Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner."

Author : Stephen Crane,O. Henry,F. Scott Fitzgerald,Henry van Dyke,Guy de Maupassant,Lucy Maud Montgomery,Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788577772803

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7 Best Short Stories: Wedding by Stephen Crane,O. Henry,F. Scott Fitzgerald,Henry van Dyke,Guy de Maupassant,Lucy Maud Montgomery,Nathaniel Hawthorne Pdf

The relationship between husband and wife and the institution of marriage itself is the driving force of many fiction stories. For this book, the critic August Nemo selected seven short stories that have marriage as their theme. - The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane. - The Marry Month Of May by O. Henry. - The Bridal Party by F. Scott Fitzgerald. - A Wedding Gift by Guy de Maupassant. - The Wedding-Ring by Henry van Dyke. - The Wedding Knell by Nathaniel Hawthorne. - A Golden Wedding by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Author : O. Henry,Robert W. Chambers,Edith Wharton,Algernon Blackwood,James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788577775378

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7 Best Short Stories: New York by O. Henry,Robert W. Chambers,Edith Wharton,Algernon Blackwood,James Fenimore Cooper Pdf

One of the most important and famous cities in the world, New York has been the subject of art for a long time. In this book you will find seven classic short stories selected by the critic August Nemo, these short stories have New York as scenery, character or subject. This book contains: - The Cop and the Anthem by O. Henry. - The Repairer Of Reputations by Robert W. Chambers. - A Cup of Water by Edith Wharton. - The Making of a New Yorker by O. Henry. - Paul's Case by Willa Cather. - The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York by Algernon Blackwood. - New York by James Fenimore Cooper.

Author : Meg Wolitzer
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781328766731

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The Best American Short Stories 2017 by Meg Wolitzer Pdf

The New York Times–bestselling author of The Interestings compiles a stunning anthology of literary short fiction with T.C. Boyle, Emma Cline and others. “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 to this volume. 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 entries by T.C. Boyle, Jai Chakrabarti, Emma Cline, Danielle Evans, Lauren Groff, Eric Puchner, Jim Shepard, Curtis Sittenfeld, Jenn Walter and others.

Author : Stewart Edward White
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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7 best short stories by Stewart Edward White by Stewart Edward White Pdf

Stewart Edward White's books were popular at a time when America was losing its vanishing wilderness. He was a keen observer of the beauties of nature and human nature, yet could render them in a plain-spoken style. I have salted in humor and sympathy for colorful characters such as canny Indian guides and "greenhorn" campers who carried too much gear. In the film The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, the Coen brothers, there is an adaptation of the short story The Gal Who Got Rattled that is included in this book. Join us in these seven short stories chosen by the critic August Nemo and have a good reading! The Girl Who Got Rattled Billy's Tenderfoot The River-Boss The Saving Grace The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes The Girl in Red The Fifth Way

Author : Rudyard Kipling,Katherine Mansfield,F. Scott Fitzgerald,H.P. Lovecraft,Arthur Machen,Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788577772520

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7 Best Short Stories: World War I by Rudyard Kipling,Katherine Mansfield,F. Scott Fitzgerald,H.P. Lovecraft,Arthur Machen,Arthur Conan Doyle Pdf

Contemporaneously described as "the war to end all wars", World War I was one of the largest wars in history and also one of the deadliest conflicts in history. Writers often function as the memory of the world, eternalizing in words difficult moments that we can not forget. The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories that allow us to look at the various faces of the war: - Mary Postgate by Rudyard Kipling - The Fly by Katherine Mansfield - May Day by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft - The Bowmen by Arthur Machen - His Last Bow by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - At the Bay by Katherine Mansfield

Author : Kate Chopin,George Moore,Sherwood Anderson,Katherine Mansfield,Nathaniel Hawthorne,James Joyce,August Nemo
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783967991079

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7 best short stories - Coming of Age by Kate Chopin,George Moore,Sherwood Anderson,Katherine Mansfield,Nathaniel Hawthorne,James Joyce,August Nemo Pdf

Becoming an adult is a difficult process, often painful and always unforgettable. Cultures and religions have always tried to demarcate this passage with a rite or public ceremony, but the internal process of each one is unique. Join us in these seven stories carefully selected by critic August Nemo: - Caline by Kate Chopin - My Kinsman, Major Molineux by Nathaniel Hawthorne - I'm a Fool by Sherwood Anderson - Her First Ball by Katherine Mansfield - I Want to Know Why by Sherwood Anderson - So On He Fares by George Moore - Araby by james Joyce

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Random House Incorporated
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Short stories.
ISBN : 0895772728

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World's Best Short Stories by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tom Perrotta,Heidi Pitlor
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547242101

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The Best American Short Stories 2012 by Tom Perrotta,Heidi Pitlor Pdf

Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

Author : Stacy AUMONIER
Publisher : Phaeton Publishing Limited
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780956105554

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Extremely Entertaining Short Stories by Stacy AUMONIER Pdf

Short Stories of World War 1 and the 1920s, some funny, some poignant, by the author whom John Galsworthy rated "e;one of the best short-story writers of all time"e;.

Author : Jennifer Egan,Heidi Pitlor
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780547819228

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The Best American Short Stories 2014 by Jennifer Egan,Heidi Pitlor Pdf

Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

Author : Viktor Gjokaj
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1693145839

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Best Short Story Collections by Viktor Gjokaj Pdf

"Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner."The short story is one of the finest forms of writing. As short as a paragraph at times, or as lengthy as a novel, short stories are widely read and immensely lauded. Some of the most exceptional writers have dabbled in this form penning beautiful, unforgettable stories.

Author : Paul Negri
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780486440903

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Great English Short Stories by Paul Negri Pdf

Saki's "Tobermory" tells the tale of a talking cat who's conversation turns toward the scandalous remarks he's overheard. Additional selections include Hardy's "The Fiddler of the Reels," Dickens' "The Haunted Hotel," Trollope, "The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne," Lawrence, "The Prussian Officer," Kipling, "The Phantom Rickshaw," Wells, "Under the Knife," and others.

Author : Douglas Angus
Publisher : Everbind
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0884832678

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Best Short Stories of the Modern Age by Douglas Angus Pdf

A popular collection of some of the best short fiction and short stories ever written.