{"product_id":"9780544812109","title":"The Best American Essays 2016","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eAtwan, Robert\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\/4\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eA true essay is “something hazarded, not definitive, not authoritative; something ventured on the basis of the author’s personal experience and subjectivity,” writes guest editor Jonathan Franzen in his introduction. However, his main criterion for selecting \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Essays 2016\u003c\/em\u003e was, in a word, risk. Whether the risks involved championing an unpopular opinion, the possibility of ruining a professional career, or irrevocably offending family, for Franzen, “the writer has to be like the firefighter, whose job, while everyone else is fleeing the flames, is to run straight into them.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Best American Essays 2016\u003c\/em\u003e includes ALEXANDER CHEE, PAUL CRENSHAW, JAQUIRA DÍAZ, LAURA KIPNIS, AMITAVA KUMAR, SEBASTIAN JUNGER,\u003cbr\u003eJOYCE CAROL OATES, OLIVER SACKS, THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS\u003cem\u003e and others\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJONATHAN FRANZEN, guest editor, is the author of five novels, most recently\u003cem\u003e Purity,\u003c\/em\u003e and five works of nonfiction and translation, including \u003cem\u003eFarther Away\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Kraus Project.\u003c\/em\u003e He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the German Akademie der Künste, and the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eROBERT ATWAN, the series editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Essays\u003c\/em\u003e since its inception in 1986, has published on a wide variety of subjects, from American advertising and early photography to ancient divination and Shakespeare. His criticism, essays, humor, poetry, and fiction have appeared in numerous periodicals nationwide.","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46825267888383,"sku":"9780544812109","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780544812109_s600x595.jpg?v=1780334917","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780544812109","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}