Overview
Boyleās 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 suddenĀ freedom, from a missing child to a champion speedboat racer. These stories will grab hold andĀ surprise, which according to Boyle is āwhat the best fiction offers, and there was no shortage ofĀ such in this yearās selections.ā
Mulling over the question of character likability, series editor Heidi Pitlor asks, āDid I like these characters? I very much liked reading their stories, as did T. C. Boyle.ā Here are characters who āare living, breathing people who screw up terribly and want and need and think uneasy thoughts.ā Ā
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 novelĀ Worldās EndĀ and the Prix MĆ©dicis Ć©tranger forĀ The Tortilla CurtainĀ in 1995, as well as the 2014 Henry David Thoreau Prize for excellence in nature writing. His most recent book is the novelĀ The Harder They Come.
HEIDI PITLOR, series editor, is a former senior editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. She is the author of the novelsĀ The BirthdaysĀ and The Daylight Marriage.
This book title, The Best American Short Stories 2015, ISBN: 9780547939414, by Heidi Pitlor, published by HarperCollins (October 6, 2015) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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