The O. Henry Awards Prize Stories, 1997 / 
 O. Henry prize stories, 1997  Prize stories 1997 
edited and with an introduction by Larry Dark. 
 - New York, N.Y. :  Doubleday,  1997. 
 - xx, 474 pages ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/> "Best of 1997"--Cover. 
<br/><br/> Introduction /  City life  The falls  The talk talked between worms  On with the story /  The love of a good woman /  The TWA corbies /  Catface /  Dancing after hours /  The Royal Palms /  The lipstick tree /  The red house /  Comfort /  The Balm of Gilead tree /  The final inning /  Mermaids /  The old farmhouse and the dog-wife /  The taxi ride /  Mirrors /  His chorus /  Demonology /  Contributors' notes --  Jurors --  50 honorable mention stories --  Magazines consulted.  Larry Dark --  Mary Gordon --  George Saunders --  Lee K. Abbott --  John Barth --  Alice Munro --  Carolyn Cooke --  Arthur Bradford --  Andre Dubus --  Matthew Klam --  Kiana Davenport --  Ian MacMillan --  Mary Gaitskill --  Robert Morgan --  Thomas Glave --  Deborah Eisenberg --  Susan Fromberg Schaeffer --  Patricia Elam Ruff --  Carol Shields --  Christine Schutt --  Rick Moody --  (first prize) /  (second prize) /  (third prize) / 
<br/><br/> Includes story by Minnesota author Louise Erdrich. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0385483619 9780385483612 
<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 023 1997