O. Henry Prize Stories 2005
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O. Henry Prize Stories 2005 by Laura Furman
The prestigious annual story anthology includes prize-winning stories selected by Cristina Garcia, Ann Patchett, and Richard Russo.Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction. --Atlantic Monthly Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. THE WINNING STORIES: Mudlavia
Elizabeth Stuckey-French
The Brief History of the Dead
Kevin Brockmeier
The Golden Era of Heartbreak
Michael Parker
The Hurt Man
Wendell Berry
The Tutor
Nell Freudenberger
Fantasy for Eleven Fingers
Ben Fountain
The High Divide
Charles D'Ambrosio Desolation
Gail Jones
A Rich Man
Edward P. Jones
Dues
Dale Peck
Speckle Trout
Ron Rash
Sphinxes
Timothy Crouse
Grace
Paula Fox
Snowbound
Liza Ward
Tea
Nancy Reisman
Christie
Caitlin Macy
Refuge in London
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The Drowned Woman
Frances De Pontes Peebles
The Card Trick
Tessa Hadley
What You Pawn I Will Redeem
Sherman Alexie
Furman, Laura: - Laura Furman was born in New York, and educated in New York City public schools and at Bennington College. Her first story appeared in The New Yorker in 1976, and since then her work has been published in many magazines, including Yale Review, Southwest Review, Ploughshares, American Scholar, Preservation, House & Garden, and other magazines. Her books include three collections of short stories, two novels, and a memoir. She is the recipient of fellowships from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Dobie Paisano Project, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She has received grants in residency at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and in 2009 she was a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome. She taught for many years in the Department of English at the University of Texas at Austin. Series editor of The PEN/O.Henry Prize Stories since 2002, Furman selects the twenty winning stories each year. She lives in Central Texas.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781400076543 |
| ISBN 10 | 1400076544 |
| Title | O. Henry Prize Stories 2005 |
| Author | Laura Furman |
| Series | The O Henry Prize Collection |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2005-01-04 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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