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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005
By Dave Eggers (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Mariner Books
Publication date October 5, 2005
Pages 325
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780618570485
ISBN-10 0618570489
Dimensions 1 by 5.50 by 8 in.
Weight 0.90 lbs.
Original list price $30.95
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
The ecclectic new volume in the annual series presents the finest literature from mainstream and alternative American periodicals, including both fiction and nonfiction by Jhumpa Lahiri, George Saunders, William Langewiesche, Stephen Elliott, and other authors. Simultaneous.
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The Best American Series First, Best, and Best-Selling

The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. For each volume, the very best pieces are selected by a leading writer in the field, making the Best American series the most respected--and most popular--of its kind.

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005 includes

Daniel Alarcón • Aimee Bender • Dan Chaon • Daniel Clowes • Tish Durkin • Stephen Elliott • Al Franken • Jhumpa Lahiri • Rattawut Lapcharoensap • Anders Nilsen • Georges Saunders • William T. Vollmann • and others

Dave Eggers, editor, is the author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, You Shall Know Our Velocity!, and How We Are Hungry, and the editor of McSweeney's. He is the founder of 826 Valencia, a San Francisco writing lab for young people.

Beck, guest introducer, whose single "Loser" was instantly labeled an anthem for the slacker generation, is also known for his Grammy Award-winning albums Odelay and Mutations.


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Hardcover
from Houghton Mifflin (October 5, 2005)
9780618570478 | details & prices | 325 pages | 6.00 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $27.50
About: Presents the finest literature from mainstream and alternative American periodicals, including both fiction and nonfiction dealing with a broad spectrum of subjects from magazines from the 'New Yorker' and 'Rolling Stone' to 'Zoetrope.
Paperback
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from Mariner Books (October 5, 2005)
9780618570485 | details & prices | 325 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $30.95
About: Presents the finest literature from mainstream and alternative American periodicals, including both fiction and nonfiction dealing with a broad spectrum of subjects from magazines from the 'New Yorker' and 'Rolling Stone' to 'Zoetrope.

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