The PEN/O. Henry prize stories. 2012 /
O. Henry Prize stories.
chosen and with an introduction by Laura Furman ; with essays by jurors Mary Gaitskill, Daniyal Mueenuddin, Ron Rash on the stories they admire most.
- New York : Anchor Books, 2012.
- xxvi, 468 p. ; 21 cm.
Uncle Rock / The Vandercook / Leak / Nothing living lives alone / The first wife / A birth in the woods / Naima / Mickey Mouse / Things said or done / East of the West / A brush / Kindness / Phantoms / Boys Town / The hare's mask / Eyewall / Rothko eggs / The deep / The woman who lived in the house / Corrie / Reading the PEN/O. Henry Prize stories 2012 -- Writing the PEN/O. Henry Prize stories 2012. Laura Furman -- Dagoberto Gilb -- Alice Mattison -- Sam Ruddick -- Wendell Berry -- Christine Sneed -- Kevin Wilson -- Hisham Matar -- Karl Taro Greenfeld -- Ann Packer -- Miroslav Penkov -- John Berger -- Yiyun Li -- Steven Millhauser -- Jim Shepard -- Mark Slouka -- Lauren Groff -- Keith Ridgway -- Anthony Doerr -- Salvatore Scibona -- Alice Munro -- Introduction /
This book gathers twenty of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. These remarkable stories explore the boundaries of the imagination in settings as various as an army training camp in China, the salt mines of Detroit, a divided Balkan town, and the eye of a hurricane. Also included are essays from the eminent jurors on their favorite stories, observations from the winners on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines.
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Short stories, American. American fiction--21st century. Cuentos estadounidense Novela de ciencia ficción--Estados Unidos