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Books : The Best American Short Stories 2008

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.010806
EAN: 9780618788774
ISBN: 0618788778
Label: Mariner Books
Manufacturer: Mariner Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: October 08, 2008
Publisher: Mariner Books
Studio: Mariner Books
Sales Rank: 1252

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:

This brilliant collection, edited by the award-winning and perennially
provocative Salman Rushdie, boasts a “magnificent array” (Library
Journal) of voices both new and recognized.With Rushdie at the helm,
the 2008 edition “reflects the variety of substance and style and the consistent quality that readers have come to expect” (Publishers Weekly).

“We all live in and with and by stories, every day, whoever and wherever we are. The freedom to tell each other the stories of ourselves, to retell the stories of our culture and beliefs, is profoundly connected to the larger subject of freedom itself.”—Salman Rushdie, editor

The Best American Short Stories 2008 includes
KEVIN BROCKMEIER • ALLEGRA GOODMAN • A. M. HOMES • NICOLE KRAUSS • JONATHAN LETHEM • STEVEN MILLHAUSER • DANIYAL MUEENUDDIN • ALICE MUNRO • GEORGE SAUNDERS • TOBIAS WOLFF • and others

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Not so good
There were only 2 or 3 stories in this whole book that I felt were really well done and not boring. The A.M. Homes story was one of them.
Not a very good "best" collection.

Rating:

- And Miroslav Penkov is not even American
Last night I read the first paragraph of every short story in THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2008 to determine if any first paragraph made me want to read the second paragraph. Only one did: "Buying Lenin" by Miroslav Penkov.

Mr. Penkov is from Bulgaria. I found the story exceptionally well written. It's a given that I'll be buying any publication that Mr. Penkov writes in the future. I am not a professional reviewer, but I know a great author when I read one. Entertaining as well ... Read More

Rating:

- good variety of short stories
Bought at the airport for a Denver-Seattle trip, I found these stories ranged from fair to excellent, with plenty of very good ones. These tend toward moderately serious, with definite purpose and action, and minimal preaching, and are 20-30 pages apiece.

What else should a short-story review report to avoid any more "not useful" feedback? I like short stories, and have not come across such a good collection in my lackadaisical eclectic sampling for quite a few years. Several, including ... Read More

Rating:

- Recommended
I look forward to this series every year, so it was with high hopes that I opened up this year's editon and began to read. The format is the same as it has been for years, with Ms. Pitlor cherry picking stories and handing over a hundred or so vetted stories to the guest editor. I don't get too caught up in who the guest editor is in any given year - I think Ms. Pitlor does a good job in gathering a pool of quality stories, but this year I thought the overall effort was slightly below the average.
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Rating:

- Good Read, Not as Amazing as Previous Years
I love this series, have been reading it for years. Definitely more stylistically trendy stories chosen for 2008, many by popular young writers.

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.010806
EAN: 9780618788774
ISBN: 0618788778
Label: Mariner Books
Manufacturer: Mariner Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: October 08, 2008
Publisher: Mariner Books
Studio: Mariner Books
Sales Rank: 1252
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