| Edition |
100th anniversary edition. |
| Description |
xxxviii, 457 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"An Anchor Books original, September 2019"--Title page verso. |
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The collection includes essays by the three guest jurors on their favorite stories, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and a comprehensive resource list of the many magazines and journals, both large and small, that publish short fiction. |
| Summary |
"The O. Henry Prize stories 2019 gathers twenty of the best short stories of the year, selected from the thousands published in literary magazines over the previous year."--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Funny little snake / Tessa Hadley -- Synchronicity / John Keeble -- No Spanish / Moira McCavana -- Girl of few seasons / Rachel Kondo -- Julia and Sunny / Sarah Shun-lien Bynum -- Unstuck / Stephanie Reents -- Mermaid river / Alexia Arthurs -- Bad girl / Valerie O'Riordan -- Aguacero / Patricia Engel -- Soma / Kenan Orhan -- Goodnight nobody / Sarah Hall / 610 North, 610 West / Bryan Washington -- Mr. Can'aan / Isabella Hammad -- Omakase / Weike Wang -- Prime / Caoilinn Hughes -- Slingshot / Souvankham Thammavongsa -- The shrew tree / Liza Ward -- Flowers for America / Doua Thao -- Lagomorph / Alexander MacLeod -- Maps and ledgers / John Edgar Wideman -- Reading the O. Henry Prize Stories -- Writing the O. Henry Prize stories -- Publications submitted -- Permissions. |
| Subject |
Short stories, American -- 21st century.
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Furman, Laura, editor, writer of introduction.
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Freed, Lynn, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Strout, Elizabeth, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Vapnyar, Lara, 1971- writer of supplementary textual content.
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| Note |
Subtitle from cover: Best short stories of the year |
| ISBN |
9780525565536 (paperback) |
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0525565531 (paperback) |
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