“As our vision becomes more global, our storytelling is stretching in many ways. Stories increasingly change point of view, switch location, and sometimes pack as much material as a short novel might,” writes guest editor Elizabeth Strout. “It’s the variety of voices that most indicates the increasing confluence of cultures involved in making us who we are.” The Best American Short Stories 2013 presents an impressive diversity of writers who dexterously lead us into their corners of the world. In “Miss Lora,” Junot Díaz masterfully puts us in the mind of a teenage boy who throws aside his better sense and pursues an intimate affair with a high school teacher. Sheila Kohler tackles innocence and abuse as a child wanders away from her mother, in thrall to a stranger she believes is the “Magic Man.” Kirstin Valdez Quade’s “Nemecia” depicts the after-effects of a secret, violent family trauma. Joan Wickersham’s “The Tunnel” is a tragic love story about a mother’s declining health...
Author: Millhauser Steven, Saunders George, Munro Alice, Díaz Junot, Moore Lorrie, Shepard Jim, Alarcón Daniel, Means David, Tallent Elizabeth, Strout Elizabeth, Pitlor Heidi, Baxter Charles, Byers Michael, Greenfeld Karl Taro, Jen Gish, Johnston Bret Anthony, Kohler Sheila, Nelson Antonya, Quade Kirstin Valdez, Rivecca Suzanne, Wickersham Joan, Wink Callan
ISBN: 9780547554822
Year of publication: 2013
Genre: Modern prose
Number of pages: 456
Reading time: 7 h. 36 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
Language: english
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