The Best American Essays of the Century

Joyce Carol Oates

The Best American Essays of the Century

For this singular collection, Joyce Carol Oates selected fifty-five unforgettable essays by the finest American writers of the twentieth century. Here is a sampling -- twelve unabridged essays -- featuring a wide variety of contemporary writers reading classics of the genre, along with authors reading their own work. Nothing less than a political, spiritual, and intensely personal record of America's tumultuous modern age, THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS OF THE CENTURY is "an outstanding, galvanic collection" (Entertainment Weekly).


  • ISBN: 0618127666
  • ISBN-13: 9780618127665
  • Editor : Joyce Carol Oates
  • Category : Literary Collections - Essays
  • Language : English
  • Format: 4 Cassettes
  • Abridgement: Unabridged
  • Running Time: 5 hours
  • Publication Date: 4/1/2001
  • Publisher Imprint: Mariner Books
  • Price ($AUD): $41.95

  • Usual Dispatch Time: 7 - 10 days


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