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The O. Henry Prize Stories 2016 / chosen and with an introduction by Laura Furman ; with essays by jurors Molly Antopol, Peter Cameron, Lionel Shriver on the stories they admire most.

Furman, Laura, (compiler,, author of introduction.). Antopol, Molly, (author of supplementary textual content.). Cameron, Peter, 1959- (author of supplementary textual content.). Shriver, Lionel, (writer of supplementary textual content.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781101971116
ISBN: 1101971118
Physical Description: xxxii, 361 pages ; 21 cm
Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Irises / Elizabeth Genovise -- The Mongerji letters / Geetha Iyer -- Narrator / Elizabeth Tallent -- Bonus baby / Joe Donnelly -- Divergence / David H. Lynn -- A single composition / Shruti Swamy -- Storm windows / Charles Haverty -- Train to Harbin / Asako Serizawa -- Dismemberment / Wendell Berry -- Exit zero / Marie-Helene Bertino -- Cigarettes / Sam Savage -- Temples / Adrienne Celt -- Safety / Lydia Fitzpatrick -- Bounty / Diane Cook -- A single deliberate thing / Zebbie Watson -- The crabapple tree / Robert Coover -- Winter / Frederic Tuten -- They were awake / Rebecca Evanhoe -- Slumming / Ottessa Moshfegh -- Happiness / Ron Carlson -- Reading The O. Henry Prize Stories: the jurors on their favorites -- Writing The O. Henry Prize Stories: the writers on their work.