Bibliograph

The best American short stories 2021, Jesmyn Ward, editor

Type

Label

The best American short stories 2021, Jesmyn Ward, editor

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

The best American short stories 2021

Oclc number

1224246896

Responsibility statement

Jesmyn Ward, editor

Series statement

The Best American series

Summary

In her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, guest editor Jesmyn Ward says that the best fiction offers the reader a "sense of repair." The stories in this year's collection accomplish just that, immersing the reader in powerfully imagined worlds and allowing them to bring some of that power into their own lives. From a stirring portrait of Rodney King's final days to a surreal video game set in the Middle East, with real consequences, to an Indigenous boy's gripping escape from his captors, this collection renders profoundly empathetic depictions of the variety of human experience. These stories are poignant reminders of the possibilities of fiction: as you sink into world after world, become character after character, as Ward writes, you "forget yourself, and then, upon surfacing, know yourself and others anew." --book jacket

Target audience

adult

Classification