Best American Short Stories 2000
Published April 06, 2003
Checked this out of the library, on CD. It was really nice to have somebody read me a story while I did computer work. THere were some really good stories on this collection.
It surprised me, because I had read a lot of them before. I thought I hadn't seen anything from the last 30 years. But it turns out I had! Imagine that.
My favorite one from the collection, I hadn't acutally read. "Pet Fly" by Mosely. It was a great story about this guy trying to get the rhythm of corporate life.
My life is a lot of corporate nonsense.
This story tells how a regular guy sees a glimpse of the underbelly. i really liked it. I had to go find the print version of it, so I could give a copy to a friend dealing with the same sort of nonsense.
Turns out the paper version has even more stories in it. I'll have to read them.
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- Published: April 06, 2003
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- Writer: Murphy
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Man, you have me beat...I really don't even have an idea about what was written in 2002...
Maybe someday, I will get through enough of the Classics to move on to books from my own lifetime.
Maybe.
Wahoo! Can I pick a winner or what: Middlesex won! Congrats Jeff!




Speaking of "Best of..." the Pulitzer Prize announcements are tomorrow, 7th April at 19.00 GMT. As always, I have my eye on the best novel Prize: I'm pulling for Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex.
Any other wild guesses?