Ginnie's review
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 (The Best American Series (TM))
by Dave Eggers
Ginnie's review
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 (The Best American Series (TM)) by Dave Eggers
Ginnie's review
rating:
bookshelves:
essays,
short-stories
As all anthologies, a mixed bag. The odd lists at the front of the book ranged from the interesting (Best American Ringing Defeat of Religion Masquerading as Science - Kitzmiller vs Dover School Board) to the silly (Best American New Band Names), the bulk of the rest is devoted to short stories (my favorite was Murakami's The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day), essays (Wading Toward Home, a poignant piece by a multi-generational scion of the New Orleans ruling class returning home after Katrina) and the undetermined (The Iraqi Constitution from the Washington Post) Quirky - but interesting.
This is the most recent year my library has, but so many people think this is a worthwhile series I can most likely judge the flavor by a different version.
Library Journal
This book, illustrated by Art Spiegelman (In the Shadow of No Towers) and edited by Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius), boasts an impressive range of published material chosen by committee...more
This is the most recent year my library has, but so many people think this is a worthwhile series I can most likely judge the flavor by a different version.
Library Journal
This book, illustrated by Art Spiegelman (In the Shadow of No Towers) and edited by Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius), boasts an impressive range of published material chosen by committee...more
