O. Henry Prize Stories 2008
$31.05
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
6 May 2008
Summary
An annual collection of the twenty best contemporary short stories selected by series editor Laura Furman from hundreds of literary magazines, The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet cafe. Also included are the winning writers’ comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780307280343 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0307280349 |
| Author: | Laura Furman |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Edition: | 2008th |
| Release Date: | 6 May 2008 |
| Weight: | 293g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 22mm |
| Series: | The O. Henry Prize Collection |
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“Widely regarded as the nation’s most prestigious awards for short fiction.” -The Atlantic Monthly
“Widely regarded as the nation’s most prestigious awards for short fiction.”
—The Atlantic Monthly
About The Author
Laura Furman
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. 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.
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