The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003

Laura Furman

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Random House Inc
15 September 2003

Anthologies (non-poetry); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Short stories

Series: The O. Henry Prize Collection

""Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction"" (The Atlantic Monthly), an exciting selection of the twenty best short stories,with brief essays from each of the three distinguished judges-David Guterson, Diane Johnson, and Jennifer Egan-on their favorite story.

Since its establishment in 1919, the O. Henry Prize stories collection has offered

an exciting selection of the best stories published in hundreds of literary magazines

every year.

Such classic works of American literature as Ernest Hemingway's The

Killers (1927); William Faulkner's Barn Burning (1939);

Carson McCuller's A Tree.

A Rock. A Cloud (1943); Shirley Jackson's The Lottery (1949); J.D. Salinger's For

Esme with Love and Squalor (1963); John Cheever's The Country Husband (1956) ; and

Flannery O'Conner's Everything that Rises Must Converge (1963) all were O. Henry

Prize stories.

An accomplished new series editor-novelist and short story writer

Laura Furman-has read more than a thousand stories to identify the 20 winners, each

one a pleasure to read today, each one a potential classic.

The

O. Henry Prize

Stories 2003 also contains brief essays from each of the three distinguished judges

on their favorite story, and comments from the prize-winning writers on what inspired

their stories. There is nothing like the ever rich, surprising, and original O. Henry

collection for enjoying the contemporary short story.

The Thing in the Forest A. S. Byatt

The Shell Collector Anthony Doerr

Burn Your Maps Robyn Jay Leff

Lush

Bradford Morrow

God's Goodness Marjorie Kemper

Bleed Blue in Indonesia Adam Desnoyers

The Story Edith Pearlman

Swept Away T. Coraghessan Boyle

Meanwhile Ann Harleman

Three Days. A Month. More. Douglas Light

The High Road Joan

Silber

Election Eve Evan S. Connell

Irish Girl Tim Johnston

What Went Wrong Tim O'Brien

The American Embassy Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Kissing William Kittredge

Sacred Statues William Trevor

Two Words Molly Giles

Train

Dreams Denis Johnson

Edited by: Laura Furman
Imprint: Random House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781400031313
ISBN 10: 1400031311
Series: The O. Henry Prize Collection
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 15 September 2003
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

LAURA FURMAN's work has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Ploughshares, The Yale Review, and other magazines. She is the founding editor of the highly regarded American Short Fiction (three-time finalist for the American Magazine Award). A professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin, she teaches in the graduate James A. Michener Center for writers. She lives in Austin.

Reviews for The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003

You won't go away hungry . . . you'll make new friends. In the 2003 'O. Henry' . . . new series editor, Laura Furman, picked all sorts of treats. -- The Seattle Times <br> Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction. -- The Atlantic Monthly