false 16075700 775712 53281 0618197354 9780618197354 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170416660m/53281.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170416660s/53281.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53281.The_Best_American_Short_Stories_2004 3.80 288 Lorrie Moore brings her keen eye for wit and surprise to the volume, and The Best American Short Stories 2004 is an eclectic and enthralling gathering of well-known voices and talented up-and-comers. Here are stories that probe the biggest issues: ambition, gender, romance, war. Here are funny and touching and striking tales of a Spokane Indian, the estranged wife of an Iranian immigrant, an American tutor in Bombay. In her introduction Lorrie Moore writes, "The stories collected here impressed me with their depth of knowledge and feeling of character, setting, and situation . . . They spoke with amused intelligence, compassion, and dispassion."</DIV>]]> 11746 4.00 9228 1425 14012 3.69 3573 484 2004 3 0 false Thu Oct 09 09:05:24 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 22 07:24:41 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 09 09:05:24 -0700 2008