The best American short stories, 2024 / selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Lauren Groff with Heidi Pitlor ; with an introduction by Lauren Groff.

Title:

ISBN:

9780063275959

9780063275966

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Mariner Books, [2024]

Physical Description:

xxvi, 373 pages ; 21 cm.

Contents:

Magic bangle / Shastri Akella -- Jewel of the Gulf of Mexico / Selena Gambrell Anderson -- Viola in midwinter / Marie-Helene Bertino -- Blessed deliverance / Jamel Brinkley -- Phenotype / Alexandra Chang -- Evensong / Laurie Colwin -- Happiest day of your life / Katherine Damm -- Bed & breakfast / Molly Dektar -- Dorchester / Steven Duong -- Seeing through maps / Madeline Ffitch -- Democracy in America / Allegra Hyde -- Engelond / Taisia Kitaiskaia -- P's parties / Jhumpa Lahiri -- A case study / Daniel Mason -- Just another family / Lori Ostlund -- Privilege / Jim Shepard -- Baboons / Susan Shepherd -- Extinction / Azareen van der Vliet Oloomi -- Mall of America / Suzanne Wang -- Valley of the moon / Paul Yoon.

Summary:

"This abundance led to a volume of robust stories with the nerve to push against narrative expectations. The Best American Short Stories 2024 boasts a collection of twenty stories that "buzz with their own strange logic." A man becomes a tourist in his own hometown. An unemployed jeweler sails in an antique slave ship. A therapist decides to call an ex-patient years after their last session"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject Term:

Short stories, American

Short stories, Canadian

American fiction 21st century.

Canadian fiction 21st century

Genre:

Short stories