LEADER 03602nam 2200505 450 001 9910480405703321 005 20210113175816.0 010 $a0-8147-6300-6 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814763001 035 $a(CKB)4100000010349546 035 $a(DE-B1597)550538 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814763001 035 $a(OCoLC)1141659620 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse87032 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6118575 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010349546 100 $a20210113d2011 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aBest of times, worst of times $econtemporary American short stories from the new Gilded Age /$fedited by Wendy Martin and Cecelia Tichi 210 1$aNew York ;$aLondon :$cNew York University Press,$d[2011] 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource 311 $a0-8147-9627-3 327 $tYour mother and I /$rDave Eggers --$tBallad of Duane Jaurez /$rTom Franklin --$tIn the American society /$rGish Jen --$tGogol /$rJhumpa Lahiri --$tRefresh, refresh /$rBenjamin Percy --$tSmorgasbord /$rTobias Wolfe --$tHow to date a brown girl (black girl, white girl, or halfie) /$rJunot Diaz --$tIn the cemetary where Al Jolson is buried /$rAmy Hempel --$tMetamorphosis /$rJohn Updike --$tThink /$rDavid Foster Wallace --$tExpensive trips nowhere /$rTom Bissell --$tNear-extinct birds of the central Cordillera /$rBen Fountain --$tShiloh /$rBobbie Ann Mason --$tCOMMCOMM /$rGeorge Saunders --$tMines /$rSusan Straight --$tSkinless /$rAimee Bender --$tView from a headlock /$rJonathan Lethem --$tBrownies /$rZz Packer --$tPie of the month /$rJean Thompson --$tDay /$rCharles Bukowski --$tScales /$rLouise Erdrich --$tSomething that needs nothing /$rMiranda July --$tEqual opportunity /$rWalter Mosley --$tPassenger /$rMarisa Silver. 330 $aLate twentieth and early twenty-first century America has been labeled as ?The New Gilded Age,? a phrase that embodies the glitz and glamour of one of the wealthiest countries in the world but also suggests the greed, corruption, and inequalities teeming just below the surface. Identifying some of the sparkling moments of humanity interwoven between the moments of crisis, Best of Times, Worst of Times features short stories by such renowned writers as Junot Diaz, George Saunders, Jhumpa Lahiri, Tobias Wolff, and many others, whose distinctive authorial voices lend urgency and a sense of heightened awareness to the modern moment. Commenting on and making sense of what is going on in America today, fractured as it is by two ongoing wars, the aftermath of 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression, these stories speak to some of the most germane issues confronting America today, from race relations, immigration, and social class to gender issues, Iraq, and imperialism. These expertly culled, emotionally powerful stories provide the perfect mirror with which to examine the real state of the union. 606 $aShort stories, American 606 $aAmerican fiction$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xSocial life and customs$vFiction 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aShort stories, American. 615 0$aAmerican fiction 676 $a813.0108054 702 $aMartin$b Wendy$f1940- 702 $aTichi$b Cecelia$f1942- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480405703321 996 $aBest of times, worst of times$92446380 997 $aUNINA