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Best European Fiction 2011
Preface by Colum McCann
Edited by Aleksandar Hemon
Collection Best European Fiction Series Best European Fiction 2011 is the second installment of an annual anthology of stories from across Europe. Edited by acclaimed Bosnian novelist and MacArthur "Genius-Award" winner Aleksandar Hemon, with a preface by Irish novelist Colum McCann, and with dozens of editorial, media, and programming partners in the U.S., UK, and Europe, the Best European Fiction series will be a window onto what's happening right now in literary scenes throughout Europe, where the next Kafka, Flaubert, or Mann is waiting to be discovered.
Click here for interviews with the contributors to Best European Fiction 2011. Read interviews with series editor Aleksandar Hemon at Amazon.com's Omnivoracious blog, Public Radio International's The World, and at The New York Times. Editor Aleksandar Hemon has been interviewed for the Guardian Books Podcast and on New Hampshire Public Radio's "Word of Mouth." Details
Title
Best European Fiction 2011
Preface by
Colum McCann
Edited by
Aleksandar Hemon
Collection
Best European Fiction Series
ISSN
21526672
Title First Published
02 November 2010
Format
Paperback
ISBN-10
1564786005
ISBN-13
9781564786005
Publication Date
02 November 2010
Nb of pages
512
List Price
$17.95
ReviewsPress Reviews
The Guardian
". . . this is a precious opportunity to understand more deeply the obsessions, hopes and fears of each nation's literary psyche -- a sort of international show-and-tell of the soul."
- Michael Faber
Times Literary Supplement
"The best of the stories here are finely attuned to the coincidence of lightness and pathos in things, and there is not one that is not worth reading."
- Bernard Manzo
Booklist - Brad Hooper
The New York Times - Gregory Cowles
Bookslut
". . . one of the most remarkable collections I've read: vital, fascinating, and even more comprehensive than I would have thought possible."
- Michael Schaub
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