Bibliograph

The O. Henry Prize stories 2008, edited and with an introduction by Laura Furman ; with essays on the stories they admire most by jurors Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, David Leavitt, David Means

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Label

The O. Henry Prize stories 2008, edited and with an introduction by Laura Furman ; with essays on the stories they admire most by jurors Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, David Leavitt, David Means

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

The O. Henry Prize stories 2008

Oclc number

181599851

Responsibility statement

edited and with an introduction by Laura Furman ; with essays on the stories they admire most by jurors Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, David Leavitt, David Means

Table Of Contents

A composer and his parakeets / Ha Jin -- Other people's deaths / Lore Segal -- Village 113 / Anthony Doerr -- A change in fashion / Steven Millhauser -- The transitional object / Sheila Kohler -- On the lake / Olaf Olafsson -- Taiping / Brittani Sonnenberg -- What do you want to know for? / Alice Munro -- The necessity of certain behaviors / Shannon Cain -- A game of cards / Rose Tremain -- Touch / Alexi Zentner -- Bad neighbors / Edward P. Jones -- Every move you make / David Malouf -- Scenes from the life of the only girl in Water Shield, Alaska / Tony Tulathimutte -- The bullock run / Roger McDonald -- Prison / Yiyun Li -- Bye-bye Natalia / Michel Faber -- Folie á deux / William Trevor -- The little boy / Mary Gaitskill -- A little history of modern music / William H. Gass

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