# The Best American Short Stories - Paperback

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by **T. Coraghessan Boyle** (Editor), **T. Coraghessan Boyle** (Author), **Heidi Pitlor** (Author)

In his introduction to this one hundredth volume of the beloved _Best American Short Stories,_ guest editor T. C. Boyle writes, "The Model T gave way to the Model A and to the Ferrari and the Prius . . . modernism to postmodernism and post-postmodernism. We advance. We progress. We move on. But we are part of a tradition."

Boyle's choices of stories reflect a vibrant range of characters, from a numb wife who feels alive only in the presence of violence to a new widower coming to terms with his sudden freedom, from a missing child to a champion speedboat racer. These stories will grab hold and surprise, which according to Boyle is "what the best fiction offers, and there was no shortage of such in this year's selections."

Mulling over the question of character likability, series editor Heidi Pitlor asks, "Did I like these characters? I very much liked reading their stories, as did T. C. Boyle." Here are characters who "are living, breathing people who screw up terribly and want and need and think uneasy thoughts."

T. C. BOYLE, guest editor, has published fifteen novels and ten collections of short stories. He won the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1988 for his novel _World's End_ and the Prix Médicis étranger for _The Tortilla Curtain_ in 1995, as well as the 2014 Henry David Thoreau Prize for excellence in nature writing. His most recent book is the novel _The Harder They Come_.

HEIDI PITLOR, series editor, is a former senior editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. She is the author of the novels _The Birthdays_ _and The Daylight Marriage._

### Front Jacket

In his introduction to this one hundredth volume of the beloved _Best American Short Stories,_ guest editor T. C. Boyle writes, The Model T gave way to the Model A and to the Ferrari and the Prius . . . modernism to postmodernism and post-postmodernism. We advance. We progress. We move on. But we are part of a tradition.  
  
Boyle s choices of stories reflect a vibrant range of characters, from a numb wife who feels alive only in the presence of violence to a new widower coming to terms with his suddenfreedom, from a missing child to a champion speedboat racer. These stories will grab hold andsurprise, which according to Boyle is what the best fiction offers, and there was no shortage ofsuch in this year s selections.  
  
Mulling over the question of character likability, series editor Heidi Pitlor asks, Did I like these characters? I very much liked reading their stories, as did T. C. Boyle. Here are characters who are living, breathing people who screw up terribly and want and need and think uneasy thoughts. "

### Back Jacket

The Best American Series(r)  
  
MEGAN MAYHEW BERGMAN  
JUSTIN BIGOS  
KEVIN CANTY  
DIANE COOK  
JULIA ELLIOTT  
LOUISE ERDRICH  
BEN FOWLKES  
ARNA BONTEMPS HEMENWAY  
DENIS JOHNSON  
SARAH KOKERNOT  
VICTOR LODATO  
COLUM MCCANN  
ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN  
THOMAS MCGUANE  
MAILE MELOY  
SHOBHA RAO  
JOAN SILBER  
ARIA BETH SLOSS  
LAURA LEE SMITH  
JESS WALTER  
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### Author Biography

T. C. BOYLE is the author of fourteen novels, including _Drop City,_ which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and _World's End,_ winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. He has also written nine short story collections.

HEIDI PITLOR is the author of _The Birthdays_ and the forthcoming novel _The Daylight Marriage._

**Number of Pages:** 416

**Dimensions:** 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN

**Publication Date:** October 06, 2015

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