The Best American Short Stories 2014

The Best American Short Stories 2014
ISBN-10
0547819226
ISBN-13
9780547819228
Category
Literary Collections
Pages
360
Language
English
Published
2014
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Authors
Jennifer Egan, Heidi Pitlor

Description

Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

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