The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004

By Dave Eggers

Book Overview

Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618341226
• ISBN13: 9780618341221
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004 (The Best American Series)

A great read, with a heartfelt Introduction by Viggo Mortensen on the power and passion of the word! --Diana Divine, Los Angeles, CA

I'm so over Eggers. But what a great collection he has made.

NOTE: I don't want to be over Eggers. I loved the first book. I love the concept of a writer being involved in the entire presentation of his work. I love the thought of McSweeney's. Blah, blah, blah Velocity made me so excited to treasure the words and the design. But the dang book is HORRIBLE. I keep buying these books from his camp and thinking, "Yeah! Experimental fiction!" But I keep going, "Aw. Bad Story." But okay, I'll bite. I mean, c'mon - Aragorn is sooo hot. And what the hell will he write about? His intro is a wonderful, thoughtful piece. Eggers' selections held my attention even through my first trip to Paris. BOYFRIEND: Hey wanna go walk fifty miles in a light drizzle to your favorite designer's boutique where our US dollar means not squat? ME: Yup. Just lemme finish this story. What? Fashion is fashion. But you get the point. Know how sometimes you read a collection of stories so voraciously that you enjoy them but can't remember any one story? This is my high compliment for a book of this kind - you'll have memories.