The Best American Short Stories 1997 Author:Katrina Kenison (Editor), E. Annie Proulx (Editor) The preeminent short fiction series since 1915, The Best American Short Stories is the only annual that offers the finest works chosen by a distinguished best-selling guest editor. This year, E. Annie Proulx's selection includes dazzling stories by Tobias Wolff, Donald Hall, Cynthia Ozick, Robert Stone, Junot D'az, and T. C. Boyle as wel... more »l as an array of stunning new talent. In her introduction, Proulx writes that beyond their strength and vigor, these stories achieve "a certain intangible feel for the depth of human experience, not uncommonly expressed through a kind of dry humor." As ever, this year's volume surprises and rewards.
Contents:
Foreword --
Introduction / E. Annie Proulx --
[pt. 1]. Manners and right behavior --
Saboteur / Ha Jin --
Under the pitons / Robert Stone --
Bob Darling / Carolyn Cooke --
Chez Lambert / Jonathan Franzen --
[pt. 2]. Identifying the stranger --
Transactions / Michelle Cliff --
Nobody in Hollywood / Richard Bausch --
Save my child! / Cynthia Ozick --
Eternal love / Karen E. Bender --
A girl with a monkey / Leonard Michaels --
St. Martin / Lydia Davis --
[pt. 3]. Perceived social values --
Fiesta, 1980 / Junot Díaz --
From Willow Temple / Donald Hall --
Killing babies / T. Coraghessan Boyle --
Send me to the electric chair / Clyde Edgerton --
Missing women / June Spence --
Air mail / Jeffrey Eugenides --
Soon / Pam Durban --
[pt. 4]. Rites of passage --
Shipmates down under / Michael Byers --
Powder / Tobias Wolff --
Search Bay / Alyson Hagy --
Little frogs in a ditch / Tim Gautreaux --
Contributors' notes --
100 other distinguished stories of 1996 --
Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories.« less