The Best American Short Stories 2008
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Editor: Heidi PitlorEditor: Salman Rushdie
Edition: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2008-10-08
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Mariner Books
Book Reviews of The Best American Short Stories 2008
Book Review: Just about ready to ditch this series...
Summary: 1 Stars
My book group, er, short story group, reads this series. We have read the series through maybe about seven years now. Ah, yeah, well we are about to ditch the series as the selections have become dependably disappointing. The stories go nowhere, eh, I so used to enjoy that quaint idea of plot. Yes, plot was good and so too character development, buildup, climax, nay, actually remember that idea of having a point.
The reviewer Fuzzy Lizzard was accurate when it referred to the stories as self-consciously modern.
Okay, well, who exactly are these story collections for then? The prior series editor, Katrina Kenison, produced a much finer product. By far. Go away, Heidi Pitlor. Either that, or you could rename the series the Best American Short Stories for Impossibly Sophisticated Literary Elites. Yea, that'd work well.
Anyway, thank you, Katrina for many delightful years of reading. Sadly, this series has lost something with its new series editor. Bleh.
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