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Title: The Best American Short Stories 2000 by E. L. Doctorow, Katrina Kenison ISBN: 0-395-92686-6 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 19 October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.55 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: 99 was a good year
Comment: Doctorow has excellent taste in short fiction. With only a few exceptions (Junot Diaz and Marilyn Krysl), the stories in this collection are excellent. Amy Bloom's story, "The Story", which i think is a great title, is an interesting story about writing, about the characters in the story, and it is a story about itself.Michael Byers has a great story about obsession and attraction rather than love (though he does go on a page or two too long). Ron Carlson has a wonderful story about about happiness and the ways you can get there. It is one of the best of these stories. There is a story from Raymond Carver, and it is as good as anything he has written. Kiana Davenport's story deals with abuse and family. Everett's "The Fix" is the best story in this anthology, which it's allusion to Christ, in a sort of Kafka-like way. Gautreaux's story about atonement is a winner as always. I remember reading Gurganus' story, "He's at the Office" when it was first published in the new yorker, and i remember thinking at the time that it had to be one of the better stories i'd read that year, so it was a pleasure to see doctorow select it. Aleksandar Hemon and Jhumpa Lahiri both have well told stories about being a foreigner in this country, though one has an uplifting feel and the other is more bleak, but both are a pleasure to read. Annie Proulx's "People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water" is a story you should read. but don't let the title fool you, it doesn't fit the story. Sherwood's story about loss is weak and a better selection could have been made, but it wasn't dull like the two mentioned earlier. i could go on about the stories i haven't mentioned, but there is a space constraint. i've only read best american short stories 2000 and 2001, so i can't say if these selected are better or worse than what is normally picked, but i can say that there are 18 stories here that are fine examples of what a short story should be.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Good Year
Comment: I disagree with many of the reviewers. This is an above average volume. With the exception of a couple of stories, I found the rest all highly readable and some of them truly outstanding. Ron Carlson, Allan Gurganus and Annie Prolux's pieces are gems. Carlson's The Ordinary Son reads like Salinger's the Glass Family, a surreal journey the keeps you turning pages. I was disappointed when it ended. He's At The Office is one of the best short stories I have read in a long time, absolutely engrossing from the begining to end and tragic without the slightest hint of sentimentality. Hard to do. Prolux piece is from her latest collection which has some great stories in it, but this one is a killer. The rest all fall slightly below these in my opinion but they are all good reads without a great deal of blather. Worth the price of admission.
Rating: 3
Summary: "The Sun the Moon and the Stars"
Comment: If nothing else, the story by J. Diaz makes it worth your money to buy the anthology. I enjoyed it, and although I haven't yet read the entire collection, it's definitely on my list of things to do!
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Title: The Best American Short Stories 2001 by Katrina Kenison, Barbara Kingsolver ISBN: 0395926882 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 10 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Best American Short Stories 2002 by Sue Miller, Katrina Kenison ISBN: 0618131736 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Best American Short Stories 1998 by Garrison Keillor, Katrina Kenison ISBN: 0395875145 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 30 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Best American Short Stories 1999 by Katrina Kenison, Amy Tan ISBN: 039592684X Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 29 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Best American Short Stories 1997 by E. Annie Proulx, Katrina Kenison, Kenison ISBN: 0395798655 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 31 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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