{"product_id":"the-best-american-short-stories-2021","title":"The Best American Short Stories 2021","description":"A collection of the year’s best stories selected by celebrated two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward\nIn her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, guest editor JesmynWard 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.\nThe Best American Short Stories 2021 includes\nGABRIEL BUMP • BRANDON HOBSON • DAVID MEANS• JANE PEK • TRACEY ROSE PEYTON • GEORGE SAUNDERS • BRYAN WASHINGTON • KEVIN WILSON • C PAM ZHANG and others\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1328485382\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1328485382.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ward, Jesmyn|Pitlor, Heidi\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41505859371066,"sku":"DBV.1328485382.G","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1328485382-0.jpg?v=1783216667","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-best-american-short-stories-2021","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}