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The best American short stories 2008 / selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Salman Rushdie with Heidi Pitlor ; with an introduction by Salman Rushdie.

Rushdie, Salman. (Added Author). Pitlor, Heidi. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780618788774
  • ISBN: 0618788778
  • ISBN: 9780618788767
  • ISBN: 061878876X
  • Physical Description: xvi, 358 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., [2008]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction / by Salman Rushdie -- Admiral / T. C. Boyle -- Year of silence / Kevin Brockmeier -- Galatea / Karen Brown -- Man and wife / Katie Chase -- Virgins / Danielle Evans -- Closely held / Allegra Goodman -- May we be forgotten / A. M. Homes -- From the desk of Daniel Varsky / Nicole Krauss -- King of sentences / Johnathan Lethem -- Worst you ever feel / Rebecca Makkai -- Wizard of West Orange / Steven Millhauser -- Nawabdin electrician / Daniyal Mueenuddin -- Child's play / Alice Munro -- Buying Lenin / Miroslav Penkov -- Vampires in the lemon grove / Karen Russell -- Puppy / George Saunders -- Quality of life / Christine Sneed -- Missionaries / Bradford Tice -- Straightaway / Mark Wisniewski -- Bible / Tobias Wolff.
Subject:
Short stories, American.
American fiction > 21st century.
Genre:
Fiction.

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