The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003
$21.75
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2003
Summary
Since its establishment eighty-five years ago. the annual O.Henry Prize stories collection has offered an exciting selection of the best stories published in hundreds of North American literary magazines. Such classic works of American literature as Ernest Hemingwiiv’-, THE KILLERS (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 EVERTHING THAT RISES MUST CONVERGE (1963) all won 0. Henry awards in the years they were first published. They are still the most prestigious award for short stories. This year an accomplished new series editor, writer and teacher Laura Furman.has read thousands of stories to identify the final section. Each one a pleasure to read today, each one a potential classic. The O.Henry Prize Stories 2003 also contains short essays from each of the three judges on their favorite story, as well as comments from all 20 prize winners on what inspired their stories.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781400031313 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1400031311 |
| Author: | Laura Furman |
| Publisher: | Random House Value Publishing |
| Imprint: | Bantam Adult US |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2003 |
| Weight: | 445g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 141mm x 215mm |
| Series: | Pen / O. Henry Prize Stories |
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Critics Review
“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” “Widely regarded as the nation’s most prestigious awards for short fiction.” –“The Atlantic Monthly”
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” (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.
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