The best American short stories 2021, Jesmyn Ward, editor
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The best American short stories 2021, Jesmyn Ward, editor
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
short stories
Main title
The best American short stories 2021
Oclc number
1224246896
Responsibility statement
Jesmyn Ward, editor
Series statement
Best American series
Summary
In her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, guest editor Jesmyn Ward says that the best fiction offers the reader a "sense of repair." The stories in this year's collection accomplish just that, immersing the reader in powerfully imagined worlds and allowing them to bring some of that power into their own lives. From a stirring portrait of Rodney King's final days to a surreal video game set in the Middle East,with real consequences, to an indigenous boy's gripping escape from his captors, this collection renders profoundly empathetic depictions of the variety of human experience. These stories are poignant reminders of the possibilities of fiction: as you sink into world after world, become character after character, as Ward writes, you "forget yourself, and then, upon surfacing, know yourself and others anew." --book jacket
Target audience
adult
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Outgoing Resources
- Contributor14
- Genre1
- Subject5
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- Author13
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