Twenty unforgettable stories--the best of the year--by famous writers as well as new and emerging voices. AN ANCHOR ORIGINAL.
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013 gathers twenty of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. The winning stories take place in such far-flung locales as a gorgeous sailboat in Hong Kong, a Cuban sugar plantation, the Kenai River in Alaska, a mansion in New Delhi, a ship torpedoed by a German U-boat, and the ghost-haunted rubble of a Turkish girls' school. Also included are the editor's introduction, essays from the jurors (Lauren Groff, Edith Pearlman, and Jim Shepard) on their favorite stories, observations from the winners on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines.
Contributions by:
Lauren Groff,
Edith Pearlman,
Jim Shepard
Series edited by:
Laura Furman
Imprint: Anchor Books
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2013 ed.
Dimensions:
Height: 203mm,
Width: 131mm,
Spine: 28mm
Weight: 381g
ISBN: 9780345803252
ISBN 10: 0345803256
Series: The O. Henry Prize Collection
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 15 September 2013
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Your Duck Is My Duck, by DEBORAH EISENBERG Sugarcane, by DEREK PALACIO The Summer People, by KELLY LINK Leaving Maverley, by ALICE MUNRO White Carnations, by POLLY ROSENWAIKE Sail, by TASH AW Anecdotes, by ANN BEATTIE Lay My Head, by L. ANNETTE BINDER He Knew, by DONALD ANTRIM The Visitor, by ASAKO SERIZAWA Where Do You Go? by SAMAR FARAH FITZGERALD Aphrodisiac, by RUTH PRAWER JHABVALA Two Opinions, by JOAN SILBER They Find the Drowned, by MELINDA MOUSTAKIS The Mexican, by GEORGE MCCORMICK Tiger, by NALINI JONES Pérou, by LILY TUCK Sinkhole, by JAMIE QUATRO The History of Girls, by AYŞE PAPATYA BUCAK The Particles, by ANDREA BARRETT
Laura Furman, series editor of The O. Henry Prize Stories since 2003, is the winner of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts for her fiction. The author of seven books, includingher recent story collection The Mother Who Stayed, she taught writing for many years at the University of Texas at Austin. She lives in Central Texas.
Reviews for The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013: Including stories by Donald Antrim, Andrea Barrett, Ann Beattie, Deborah Eisenberg, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Kelly Link, Alice Munro, and Lily Tuck
Another installment [of] the esteemed literary award volume, full, as ever, of exemplary short fiction.... Essential for students of contemporary fiction. --Kirkus Reviews Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction. --The Atlantic Monthly
