{"product_id":"best-american-short-stories-1996-1996","title":"Best American Short Stories 1996 (1996)","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBest American Short Stories 1996 (1996)\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJohn Edgar Wideman\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780395752906\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHoughton Mifflin Harcourt\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1996\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e384\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eEach fall The Best American Short Stories provides a fresh showcase for this rich and unpredictable form. Selected from an unusually wide variety of publications, John Edgar Wideman's choices for 1996 place stories from esteemed national magazines alongside those from some of the smallest and most innovative literary journals. Dazzling new work from favorite authors includes Mary Gordon's\" Intertextuality,\" in which a sentence by Proust propels the narrator into an intricate portrait of her Irish American grandmother. From Robert Olen Butler comes the wry and warm tale\" Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot,\" in which a man learns the consequences of marital distrust. Alice Adams employs her customary finesse to contrast the stinging vulnerability of early adolescence with the burdens and pleasures of midlife. Including contributions from Joyce Carol Oates, Lynn Sharon Schwartz, Rick Bass, and an array of stunning new talent, The Best American Short Stories 1996 is a rewarding, en\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Best American Short Stories 1996 (1996) | John Edgar Wideman | Paperback | 9780395752906 | Used: Good | 1784902","offer_id":67623913881752,"sku":"1784902","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/615zlkD5cbL.jpg?v=1790969409","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/best-american-short-stories-1996-1996","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}