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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011 (2011)

by Dave Eggers(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0547577435 (ISBN13: 9780547577432)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Mariner Books

review 1: Most of the fiction pieces left me feeling cold and unresolved - they often seemed to have no conclusion or central point. But the nonfiction selections are almost universally fascinating and well written. Worth reading for those alone. Many of them are available elsewhere for free (go google Wired's Art of the Steal article for a real treat), but without this collection i'd never have found them. I'll be back for the 2012 edition.
review 2: I've always wanted to read one of these collections and finally did. It's a nice change of pace: mix of short stories, magazine articles, internet content, illustrated "comic" strips, and one transcript of a NPR "This American Life" story. Of course some are better than others, but even if you one doesn't click with you, th... moree writing is still quality and topics are thought provoking. Introduction by Guillermo Del Toro is appropriate as I think the majority of pieces are kinda dark and unsettling. less

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