| Description |
xxvi, 403 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Laura Furman, series editor -- Your fate hurtles down at you / Jim Shepard -- Diary of an interesting year / Helen Simpson-- Melinda / Judy Doenges -- Nightblooming / Kenneth Calhoun -- Restoration of the villa where Tíbor Kálmán once lived / Tamas Dobozy -- Ice / Lily Tuck -- How to leave Hialeah / Jennine Capó Crucet -- Junction / David Means -- Pole, pole / Susan Minot -- Alamo Plaza / Brad Watson -- Black square / Chris Adrian -- Nothing of consequence / Jane Delury -- Rules are the rules / Adam Foulds -- Vanishing American / Leslie Parry -- Crossing / Mark Slouka -- Bed death / Lori Ostlund -- Windeye / Brian Evenson -- Sunshine / Lynn Freed -- Never come back / Elizabeth Tallent -- Something you can't live without / Matthew Neill Null -- Writing the PEN/O. Henry prize stories 2011 : the jurors on their favorites / A.M. Holmes, Manuel Muñoz, Christine Schutt. |
| Summary |
Presents a collection of short stories judged to be the best in America and Canada for 2010, along with essays by three distinguished writers on their favorite pieces, and commentary from the twenty prize winners. |
| Subject |
Short stories, American.
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Short stories, American. |
| Genre/Form |
Short stories, American.
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| Subject |
United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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United States. |
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Manners and customs. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Short stories.
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Furman, Laura, editor.
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| Added Title |
O. Henry Prize stories. 2011 |
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Prize stories 2011 |
| ISBN |
9780307472373 : $15.00 |
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030747237X |
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