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The best American short stories. selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines / 2000 :

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Best American short stories (Boston, Mass. : 1978)
Other Authors: Doctorow, E. L., 1931-2015, Kenison, Katrina
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
Series:Best American series.
Subjects:
Short stories, American.
Short stories, Canadian.
American fiction > 21st century.
Canadian fiction > 21st century.
Table of Contents:
  • Black Elvis / Geoffrey Becker
  • The story / Amy Bloom
  • The beautiful days / Michael Byers
  • The ordinary son / Ron Carlson
  • Call if you need me / Raymond Carver
  • Bones of the inner ear / Kiana Davenport
  • Nilda / Junot D'iaz
  • The gilgul of Park Avenue / Nathan Englander
  • The fix / Percival Everett
  • Good for the soul / Tim Gautreaux
  • He's at the office / Allan Gurganus
  • Blind Jozef Pronek / Aleksandar Hemon
  • The anointed / Kathleen Hill
  • The bridegroom / Ha Jin
  • The thing around them / Marilyn Krysl
  • The third and final continent / Jhumpa Lahiri
  • Pet fly / Walter Mosley
  • Brownies / ZZ Packer
  • Allog / Edith Pearlman
  • People in hell just want a drink of water / Annie Proulx
  • Basil the dog / Frances Sherwood.