The Best American Short Stories of the Century

Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers, showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmed for all time the significance of the short story in our national literature. Now The Best American Short Stories of the Century brings together the best - fifty-six extraordinary stories that represent a century's worth of unsurpassed achievements in this quintessentially American literary genre.