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The Best American Short Stories of the Century

by John Updike (Editor)

About this title: Including one new story and an Index by author of every story that has ever appeared in the series, this new volume offers a "spectacular tapestry of fictional achievement" ("Entertainment Weekly").

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Sep 21, 2009
By Jill, New York, NY

"Here We Are by Dorothy Parker stunning and startling - wonderful collection and assortment of writers"

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Aug 10, 2009
By Jeannie, Seattle, WA

"Sweet Mary, did John Updike do a smashing job with this collection! Sure, I quibble at what is missing: Sonny's Blues, People Like That Are the Only People Here, Brokeback Mountain, Are These Actual Miles? But what is here is so very rich. Annie Proulx, Lorrie Moore, Donald Barthelmay, Joyce Carol Oates, and even Updike himself. Must buy."

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Aug 6, 2009
By Crystal, Houston, TX

"What I learned from this book... Edward O'Brien, who started the annual Best American Short Stories, saw the virtue in our diversity as a nation being represented so well in a distinctly American literature. So from the intro I learned that the short story form is an American genre (think Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, etc) and it has been mostly dismissed by the rest of the literary world for lacking "sophistication and technique".
The introductions are given by the year's guest editor and this one is John Updike. Choosing from 200, he picked 56 stories that he felt best mirror the realities of American life. I never (ever) thought of short stories as a news medium, another thing I learned. I liked that Updike took each decade and reminded the reader to keep in mind what was going on in society and the world because these influences do bleed through. So, many stories that I wanted to dismiss as just stupid or self indulgent, now I thought more about understanding.
My favorites: Willa Cather's Double Birthday (1929)
Death of a Favorite, JF Powers (1951)
Defender of the Faith, Philip Roth (1960)
Roses, Rhododendron by Alice Adams (1976)
Alice Munro's Meneseteung (1989)
and In the Gloaming from 1994 by Alice Elliott Dark
From the 1915 to 1999 stories here that I liked least I guess are the ones that are more extreme in language, violence and creepiness. Updike wrote in the intro, "The American experience, story after story insisted, has been brutal and hard." Ugh - 1923's Blood-Burning Moon by Jean Toomer & 1994's Public Library by Carolyn Ferrell are proofs to this point."

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Jul 8, 2009
By Carolyn, Liberty Lake, WA

"This would be a book to read every few weeks. In one sitting I felt like all these good nuggets were too much and what I really wanted was one big book."

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