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Best American Essays 2015 [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 272 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 208x137x20 mm, kaal: 227 g
  • Sari: Best American
  • Ilmumisaeg: 06-Oct-2015
  • Kirjastus: Mariner Books
  • ISBN-10: 0544569628
  • ISBN-13: 9780544569621
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 272 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 208x137x20 mm, kaal: 227 g
  • Sari: Best American
  • Ilmumisaeg: 06-Oct-2015
  • Kirjastus: Mariner Books
  • ISBN-10: 0544569628
  • ISBN-13: 9780544569621
Teised raamatud teemal:
Co-edited by an award-winning New Yorker staffwriter, a diverse annual anthology of essays features 2015's top-selected pieces from forefront literary magazines, journals and websites. Original. 50,000 first printing.

“This eclectic, powerful array of thought-provoking essays is sure to appeal to a broad array of readers.” —Publishers Weekly

New Yorker magazine staff writer and award-winning essayist Ariel Levy brings her wide-ranging taste and unforgettable voice toThe Best American Essays 2015. Selecting from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites, Levy will “discover this year’s finest essays, diverse in subject matter, each one surprising and elegant” (Shelf Awareness for Readers).


New Yorker magazine staff writer and award-winning essayist Ariel Levy picks the year’s best essays, selected from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites.


Foreword: Of Essays and Essayists ix
Introduction xv
Islands
1(8)
Hilton Als
From Transition
This Old Man
9(13)
Roger Angell
From The New Yorker
Charade
22(9)
Kendra Atleework
From Hayden's Ferry Review
A Message to the Twenty-First Century
31(4)
Isaiah Berlin
From The New York Review of Books
Strange Days
35(10)
Sven Birkerts
From Lapham's Quarterly
Vision
45(11)
Tiffany Briere
From Tin House
My Daughter and God
56(16)
Justin Cronin
From Narrative
Difference Maker
72(16)
Meghan Daum
From The New Yorker
Thing with Feathers That Perches in the Soul
88(10)
Anthony Doerr
From Granta
The Crooked Ladder
98(13)
Malcolm Gladwell
From The New Yorker
65
111(13)
Mark Jacobson
From New York
Scenes from a Life in Negroland
124(11)
Margo Jefferson
From Guernica
Smuggler
135(15)
Philip Kennicott
From Virginia Quarterly Review
A Man and His Cat
150(6)
Tim Kreider
From The New York Times
The Loudproof Room
156(6)
Kate Lebo
From New England Review
My Grandma the Poisoner
162(10)
John Reed
From Vice
Reflections on Indexing My Lynching Book
172(13)
Ashraf H. A. Rushdy
From Michigan Quarterly Review
Stepping Out
185(7)
David Sedaris
From The New Yorker
Find Your Beach
192(6)
Zadie Smith
From The New York Review of Books
Arrival Gates
198(7)
Rebecca Solnit
From Granta
My Uniform
205(3)
Cheryl Strayed
From Tin House
It Will Look Like a Sunset
208(11)
Kelly Sundberg
From Guernica
Contributors' Notes 219(5)
Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction of 2014 224