Книга: «The Best American Short Stories 2013»

The Best American Short Stories 2013

Производитель: "Mariner Books"

THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2013 presents an impressive diversity of writers who dexterously lead us into their corners of the world. In `Miss Lora`, Junot D?az masterfully puts us in the mind of a teenage boy who throws aside his better sense and pursues an intimate affair with a high school teacher. Sheila Kohler tackles innocence and abuse as a child wanders away from her mother, in thrall to a stranger she believes is the `Magic Man`. Kirstin Valdez Quade`s `Nemecia` depicts the after-effects of a secret, violent family trauma. Joan Wickersham`s `The Tunnel` is a tragic love story about a mother`s declining health and her daughter`s helplessness as she struggles to balance her responsibility to her mother and her own desires. New author Callan Wink`s `Breatharians` unsettles the reader as a farm boy shoulders a grim chore in the wake of his parents` estrangement. `As our vision becomes more global, our storytelling is stretching in many ways. Stories... ISBN:978-0-547-55483-9

Издательство: "Mariner Books" (2013)

ISBN: 978-0-547-55483-9

Mariner Books

Mariner Books, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, was established in 1997 as a publisher of fiction, non fiction, and poetry in paperback. Mariner is also the publisher of the Harvest imprint backlist, formerly published by Harcourt Brace/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.[1]

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