{"product_id":"the-best-american-short-stories-jesmyn-ward-9781328485397","title":"The Best American Short Stories 2021","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of the year's best stories selected by celebrated two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2021 includes \u003cbr\u003e GABRIEL BUMP - BRANDON HOBSON - DAVID MEANS- JANE PEK - TRACEY ROSE PEYTON - GEORGE SAUNDERS - BRYAN WASHINGTON - KEVIN WILSON - C PAM ZHANG and others\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jesmyn Ward, Heidi Pitlor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1328485390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781328485397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.43w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2021 pg. 17","brand":"Jesmyn Ward","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054130884863,"sku":"9781328485397","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_003c4d6c-d16f-418e-96e0-e4ec898c78c2.jpg?v=1685028135","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-best-american-short-stories-jesmyn-ward-9781328485397","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}