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Highlights
- Best-selling author Alan Lightman selects the year's finest nonfiction as this acclaimed series celebrates its fifteenth year.
- Author(s): Robert Atwan & Alan Lightman
- 256 Pages
- Literary Collections, Essays
- Series Name: Best American
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About the Book
Bestselling author Lightman selects the year's finest nonfiction as this acclaimed series celebrates its 15th year. This year's pieces embrace stylistic freedom and strong opinions by Jamaica Kincaid, Edward Hoagland, Cynthia Oznick, Mary Gordon, Edwidge Danticat, and others.Book Synopsis
Best-selling author Alan Lightman selects the year's finest nonfiction as this acclaimed series celebrates its fifteenth year. He has chosen a diverse, very personal collection that celebrates the essay as an independent genre unlike any other. This year's pieces embrace stylistic freedom and strong opinions and afford the reader a fascinating view of the writer's mind as it struggles with truth, memory, and experience. Featured writers include Jamaica Kincaid, Edward Hoagland, Cynthia Ozick, Mary Gordon, Edwidge Danticat, and others.
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Alan Lightman makes his mark on the "always outstanding collection [that] seems to outdo itself each year."
Boston Globe --Dimensions (Overall): 8.32 Inches (H) x 5.46 Inches (W) x .68 Inches (D)
Weight: .64 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Literary Collections
Sub-Genre: Essays
Series Title: Best American
Publisher: Mariner Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Robert Atwan & Alan Lightman
Language: English
Street Date: October 26, 2000
TCIN: 94350472
UPC: 9780618035809
Item Number (DPCI): 247-43-4610
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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