The Best American Short Stories of the Century (The Best American Series (TM))
 

The Best American Short Stories of the Century (The Best American Series)

by Katrina Kenison

At age 67, the perennially youthful John Updike may at last qualify as something of an elder statesman. But the Best American Short Stories annual--whose greatest hits package Updike has now assembled--is almost a generation older, having commenced publication in 1915. This staying power allows the hefty Best American Short Stories of the Century to perform double duty. It is, on the one... (read more)

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I will lump the review of all of these books in one. There is something about these books that really appeals to my sense a rushed life; I am always lacking time in my life to really seek out great writing. All of the short stories in these books are well written and meaningful. The stories are included because people that know a great deal about the form and function of short fiction has hand-chosen the stories for inclusion. I have nearly never been disappointed in these stories; when I...

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