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| The Best American Short Stories 1999 (The Best American Series (TM)) | 
 enlarge | Creators: Amy Tan, Rick Bass, Jhumpa Lahiri, George Harrar, Junot Diaz, Stephen Dobyns, Pam Houston, Chitra Divakaruni, Sheila Kohler
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 1356120
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: 123
Number Of Items: 4
Pages: 5
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Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 4.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0618013539
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
UPC: 046442013536
EAN: 9780618013531
ASIN: 0618013539
Publication Date: November 22, 1999
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| Customer Reviews:
 A very good collection of stories November 17, 1999
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have to disagree with the other reviewers. Okay, there are a few duds -- but there are every year. This is a very good collection, and anyone who says that it is not does not like literary fiction. This is a surprisingly well rounded story-based collection, perhaps a bit slow moving, but rich and rewarding. Nathan Englander's allegorical story "The Tumblers" is worth the price of admission alone. And then there are excellent stories by Rick Bass, Annie Proulx, Hester Kaplan, Tim Gautreaux and others.
 Slow moving. Not the best stories of the year. December 31, 1999
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
As a novel reader, I always look forward to this series because these are the some of the only short stories I invest in all year. This collection was a disappointment. As some reviewers have noted, there is a mixture of mediocre writers with brilliant ones, an up and down ride at best. There are few surprises or stretches of imagination, esp. from the B writers who tend to sound like grad students with contrived, workshopped pieces. Also, I am very tired of first person narratives, another tendancy of beginning writers. Maybe next year we'll see clear, distinct voices and risky writing throughout, not just from the handful of expert storytellers featured here.
Most Boring BASS Ever December 28, 1999
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is by far the dullest collection of the usually high-caliber Best American Short Story Collection. There are so many "bad" stories here, one wonders what Ms. Tan was thinking. However, the Rick bass story and one by Nathan Englander prevent the collection from being what seems to be an almost complete Junior Varsity element to the collection....next year get a better editor, because boredom should not be a prerequisite for storytelling.
 Best Short stories of 1999 January 26, 2000
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
I enjoyed Amy's explaination of why she picked the stories she did much more than the stories themselves. I found myself saying,"Huh?" after too many of them. Sorry Amy, but you missed the mark for me.
Most of the stories were excellent January 14, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This was the first BASS edition that I have read and I really enjoyed it. Maybe the fact that I enjoy Amy Tan as a writer made me appreciate the types of stories that she selected for this edition. I especially liked the stories by Rick Bass (it seems like almost everyone's favorite) and Annie Proulx. My favorite was Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter for it's look at cultural and generational differences in families. I have started reading the 1997 edition which is good, but it lacks the diversity and range of experience that this edition has.
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