{"product_id":"the-best-american-short-stories-2017-9780544582903","title":"The Best American Short Stories 2017","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBest-selling author Meg Wolitzer guest edits the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"If you know exactly what you are going to get from the experience of reading a story, you probably wouldn't go looking for it; you need, in order to be an open reader of fiction, to be willing. To cast a vote for what you love and then wait for the outcome,\" writes Meg Wolitzer in her introduction. \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2017\u003c\/em\u003e casts a vote for and celebrates all that is our country. Here you'll find a man with a boyfriend and a girlfriend, naval officers trapped on a submarine, a contestant on \u003cem\u003eAmerica's Funniest Home Videos, \u003c\/em\u003eand a gay man desperate to be a father--unforgettable characters waiting for an outcome, burning with stories to tell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2017 \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eincludes\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e T. C. BOYLE - JAI CHAKRABARTI - EMMA CLINE - DANIELLE EVANS - LAUREN GROFF - ERIC PUCHNER - JIM SHEPARD - CURTIS SITTENFELD - JESS WALTER \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eand others \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMEG WOLITZER, guest editor, is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Interestings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Uncoupling\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ten-Year Nap\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Position\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Sleepwalking\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e HEIDI PITLOR, series editor, is a former senior editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. She is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Birthdays\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Daylight Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491807793426,"sku":"9780544582903","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9be73081-02dc-4311-af6e-ae3e661015c1.jpg?v=1730556924","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-best-american-short-stories-2017-9780544582903","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}