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spinstah's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this, I think a bit better than the 2007 volume. There were a couple of stories that I had read previously (published in The New Yorker) but the rest were all new to me.
I think that's really all I have to say -- it's hard for me to review these anthologies, because there's not an overarching theme that I can really comment on - they're just the stories that the prize jury liked the best.
I think that's really all I have to say -- it's hard for me to review these anthologies, because there's not an overarching theme that I can really comment on - they're just the stories that the prize jury liked the best.
cedickie's review against another edition
3.0
I've only read a few of the stories in the book so far, but I have absolutely enjoyed them. Short stories can often give the feeling of "so what?" or "what on earth is the author trying to prove?" But when they are good, they can be fantastic. So far my two favorites are "A composer and His Parakeets" by Ha Jin and "The Necessity of Certain Behaviors" by Shannon Cain.
universalbee's review against another edition
3.0
i didn't read every single story, but i read several. my favorite is the opener, ha jin's "a composer and his parakeets." i also really enjoyed "on the lake" by olaf olafson. both exhibited very deft handling of the dark side of human connectivity. both had me immensely interested and made me feel like i was snooping on their respective protagonists' emotional, somehow balding, frankness. good stuff.
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