The O. Henry Awards Prize Stories, 1997 / edited and with an introduction by Larry Dark.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1997.Description: xx, 474 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0385483619
  • 9780385483612
Other title:
  • O. Henry prize stories, 1997
  • Prize stories 1997
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS 648 .S5 023 1997
Contents:
Introduction / Larry Dark -- City life (first prize) / Mary Gordon -- The falls (second prize) / George Saunders -- The talk talked between worms (third prize) / Lee K. Abbott -- On with the story / John Barth -- The love of a good woman / Alice Munro -- The TWA corbies / Carolyn Cooke -- Catface / Arthur Bradford -- Dancing after hours / Andre Dubus -- The Royal Palms / Matthew Klam -- The lipstick tree / Kiana Davenport -- The red house / Ian MacMillan -- Comfort / Mary Gaitskill -- The Balm of Gilead tree / Robert Morgan -- The final inning / Thomas Glave -- Mermaids / Deborah Eisenberg -- The old farmhouse and the dog-wife / Susan Fromberg Schaeffer -- The taxi ride / Patricia Elam Ruff -- Mirrors / Carol Shields -- His chorus / Christine Schutt -- Demonology / Rick Moody -- Contributors' notes -- Jurors -- 50 honorable mention stories -- Magazines consulted.
Summary: Includes story by Minnesota author Louise Erdrich.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection PS 648 .S5 023 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98649079

"Best of 1997"--Cover.

Introduction / Larry Dark -- City life (first prize) / Mary Gordon -- The falls (second prize) / George Saunders -- The talk talked between worms (third prize) / Lee K. Abbott -- On with the story / John Barth -- The love of a good woman / Alice Munro -- The TWA corbies / Carolyn Cooke -- Catface / Arthur Bradford -- Dancing after hours / Andre Dubus -- The Royal Palms / Matthew Klam -- The lipstick tree / Kiana Davenport -- The red house / Ian MacMillan -- Comfort / Mary Gaitskill -- The Balm of Gilead tree / Robert Morgan -- The final inning / Thomas Glave -- Mermaids / Deborah Eisenberg -- The old farmhouse and the dog-wife / Susan Fromberg Schaeffer -- The taxi ride / Patricia Elam Ruff -- Mirrors / Carol Shields -- His chorus / Christine Schutt -- Demonology / Rick Moody -- Contributors' notes -- Jurors -- 50 honorable mention stories -- Magazines consulted.

Includes story by Minnesota author Louise Erdrich.

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