Best of the South: From the Second Decade of New Stories from the South - Softcover

Ravenel, Shannon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565124707 ISBN 13: 9781565124707

Publisher: Algonquin Books, 2005

Synopsis

Since 1986, New Stories from the South has brought the best short fiction of the year to the attention of a national audience. The series has been called “the collection others should use as a model” (the Charlotte Observer), and for twenty years it has held to that standard. When Anne Tyler helped us celebrate the first ten years of the series in Best of the South, 1986–1995, the reviews were ecstatic. “A triumph of authentic voices and unforgettable characters,” said Southern Living. “An introduction to some of the best writers in the world today,” raved the Northwest Arkansas Times. Now that the anthology has reached its twentieth birthday, Anne Tyler has done it again. From the 186 stories found in the ten volumes from 1996 to 2005, she has picked her favorites and introduced them with warmth, insight, and her own brand of quiet literary authority. Once again, her choices reflect her love of the kind of generous fiction she has called “spendthrift.”Here are twenty stories-by both famous and first-time writers, from Lee Smith and Max Steele to Gregory Sanders and Stephanie Soileau-that hold nothing back.; Invalid Reading Level code.

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From the Inside Flap:

When Anne Tyler helped us celebrate the first ten yers of New Stories from the South, 1986-1995, the reviews were ecstatic. "The twenty tales here epitomize the qualities readers treasure in the best southern literature: a rich appreciation of language and humor, as well as a dead-on sense of place and character," said People. "A triumph of authentic voices and unforgettable characters," said Southern Living. "Classics of the Southern short story form....Any one of them deserves a review of its own," raved the Memphis Commercial Appeal.

Now that the anthology has reached its twentieth birthday, Anne Tyler has done it again. She has picked her twenty favorites from the ten volumes published between 1996 and 2005 and has introduced them with warmth, insight, and her own brand of quiet literary authority.

From the Back Cover:

Like the venerable Best American Short Stories series (the 1983 volume of which Tyler and Ravenel edited together), each volume of New Stories from the South collects the best stories published in the previous year's magazines and literary journals. New Stories has been called "maybe the best annual story anthology around" (Kirkus Reviews) and "the collection others should use as a model" (The Charlotte Observer). By inviting Anne Tyler to choose and introduce her favorite stories from New Stories from the South, 1986-1995, the series celebrates its first decade with fanfare and colors flying - not to mention the literary fireworks of twenty great short stories.

About this edition

• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1565124707
• ISBN 13: 9781565124707
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360