The O. Henry Awards Prize Stories, 2005 
edited and with an introduction by Laura Furman. 
 - New York :  Doubleday,  2005. 
 - xvii, 398 pages ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/> "As of this collection, the O. Henry Prize Stories will be published in January rather than October. The present collection was chosen from stories published in 2003. The next collection, The O. Henry Stories 2006, will be selected from stories published in 2004--T.p. verso.  Jurors: Cristina Barcia, Ann Patchett, Richard Russo. 
<br/><br/> Mudlavia /  The brief history of the dead /  The golden era of heartbreak /  The hurt man /  The Tutor /  Fantasy for eleven fingers /  The high divide /  Desolation /  A Rich man /  Dues /  Speckle trout /  Sphinxes /  Grace /  Snowbound /  Tea /  Christie /  Refuge in London /  The drowned woman /  The card trick /  What you pawn I will redeem /  Reading the O. Henry Prize Stories 2005 --  Writing the O. Henry Prize Stories 2005.  Elizabeth Stuckey-French --  Kevin Brockmeier --  Michael Parker --  Wendell Berry --  Nell Freudenberger --  ben Fountain --  Charles D'Ambrosio --  Gail Jones --  Edward P. Jones --  Dale Peck --  Ron Rash --  Timothy Crouse --  Paula Fox --  Liza Ward --  Nancy Reisman --  Caitlin Macy --  Ruth Prawer Jhabvala --  Frances de Pontes Peebles --  Tessa Hadley --  Sherman Alexie -- 
<br/><br/> Presents twenty O. Henry Prize-winning short stories, including works by Wendell Berry, Caitlin Macy, and Sherman Alexie, and includes comments by the authors and the volume's story jurors. 
<br/><br/> O. Henry Memorial Award, 2005. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1400076544 9781400076543 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9781400076543 51400 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Short stories, American.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social life and customs--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS 648 .S5 O23 2005