Best Amer Essays 05 Pa - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0618357130 ISBN 13 : 9780618357130

Editeur : Best American, 2005

Synopsis

The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the very best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected--and most popular--of its kind.

The Best American Essays 2005 includes

Roger Angell • Andrea Barrett • Jonathan Franzen • Ian Frazier • Edward Hoagland • Ted Kooser • Jonathan Lethem • Danielle Ofri • Oliver Sacks • Cathleen Schine • David Sedaris • Robert Stone • David Foster Wallace • and others

Susan Orlean, guest editor, is the author of My Kind of Place, The Orchid Thief, The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup, and Saturday Night. A staff writer for The New Yorker since 1982, she has also written for Outside, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and Vogue.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Susan Orlean has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. She is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including The Library Book, Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night, On Animals, and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award–winning film Adaptation. She lives with her family and her animals in Los Angeles.

ROBERT ATWAN has been the series editor of The Best American Essays since its inception in 1986. He has edited numerous literary anthologies and written essays and reviews for periodicals nationwide.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Best American
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0618357130
• ISBN 13: 9780618357130
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Éditeur: Orlean Susan
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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