num_pages: 5
description: 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).
language: English
title: The Best American Essays of the Century
titlecomplete: The Best American Essays of the Century
genres: 20th Century, Writing, Classics, Collections, History, Essays, Short Stories, Anthologies, Unfinished, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 998
publisher: Mariner Books