The O. Henry prize stories. 2007 / edited and with an introduction by Laura Furman.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Anchor Books, 2007.Description: xxiv, 357 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780307276889
  • 0307276880
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS 648 .S5 O23 2007
Contents:
Room / William Trevor -- Scent of cinnamon / Charles Lambert -- Cherubs / Justine Dymond -- Galveston Bay, 1826 / Eddie Chuculate -- Gift of years / Vu Tran -- Diarist / Richard McCann -- War buddies / Joan Silber -- Djamilla / Tony D'Souza -- In a bear's eye / Yannick Murphy -- Summer, with twins / Rebecca Curtis -- Mudder tongue / Brian Evenson -- Companion / Sana Krasikov -- A stone house / Bay Anapol -- Company of men / Jan Ellison -- City visit / Adam Haslett -- Duchess of Albany / Christine Schutt -- New kind of gravity / Andrew Foster Altschul -- Gringos / Ariel Dorfman -- El ojo de agua / Susan Straight -- View from Castle Rock / Alice Munro.
Awards:
  • O. Henry Memorial Award, 2007.
Summary: A collection of short stories judged to be the best in America and Canada for 2006 presents an outstanding selection of short fiction, along with essays by the three judges and commentary from the twenty prize winners.
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"The best stories of the year"--Cover.

"With essays on the story they admire most by jurors Charles D'Ambrosio, Ursula K. Le Guin, Lily Tuck."

Room / William Trevor -- Scent of cinnamon / Charles Lambert -- Cherubs / Justine Dymond -- Galveston Bay, 1826 / Eddie Chuculate -- Gift of years / Vu Tran -- Diarist / Richard McCann -- War buddies / Joan Silber -- Djamilla / Tony D'Souza -- In a bear's eye / Yannick Murphy -- Summer, with twins / Rebecca Curtis -- Mudder tongue / Brian Evenson -- Companion / Sana Krasikov -- A stone house / Bay Anapol -- Company of men / Jan Ellison -- City visit / Adam Haslett -- Duchess of Albany / Christine Schutt -- New kind of gravity / Andrew Foster Altschul -- Gringos / Ariel Dorfman -- El ojo de agua / Susan Straight -- View from Castle Rock / Alice Munro.

A collection of short stories judged to be the best in America and Canada for 2006 presents an outstanding selection of short fiction, along with essays by the three judges and commentary from the twenty prize winners.

O. Henry Memorial Award, 2007.

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