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O. Henry Prize Stories 2008
Taschenbuch von Laura Furman
Sprache: Englisch

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An annual collection of the twenty best contemporary short stories selected by series editor Laura Furman from hundreds of literary magazines, The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.
An annual collection of the twenty best contemporary short stories selected by series editor Laura Furman from hundreds of literary magazines, The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.
Über den Autor
Laura Furman's work has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Ploughshares, The Yale Review, and other magazines. She is the founding editor of the highly regarded American Short Fiction (three time finalist for the American Magazine Award). A professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin, she teaches in the graduate James A. Michener Center for writers. She lives in Austin.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Laura Furman, Series Editor

A Composer and His Parakeets
Ha Jin, Zoetrope

Other People's Deaths
Lore Segal, The New Yorker

Village 113
Anthony Doerr, Tin House

A Change in Fashion
Steven Millhauser, Harper's Magazine

The Transitional Object
Sheila Kohler, Boulevard

On the Lake
Olaf Olafsson, Zoetrope

Taiping
Brittani Sonnenberg, xconnect

What Do You Want to Know For?
Alice Munro, The American Scholar

The Necessity of Certain Behaviors
Shannon Cain, New England Review

A Game of Cards
Rose Tremain, The Paris Review

Touch
Alexi Zentner, Tin House

Bad Neighbors
Edward P. Jones, The New Yorker

Every Move You Make
David Malouf, Granta

Scenes from the Life of the Only Girl in Water Shield, Alaska
Tony Tulathimutte, The Threepenny Review

The Bullock Run
Roger McDonald, Mãnoa

Prison
Yiyun Li, Tin House

Bye-bye Natalia
Michel Faber, Granta

Folie à Deux
William Trevor, The New Yorker

The Little Boy
Mary Gaitskill, Harper's Magazine

A Little History of Modern Music
William H. Gass, Conjunctions

Reading The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on “Touch” by Alexi Zenter
David Leavitt on “What Do You Want to Know For?” by Alice Munro
David Means on “Folie à Deux” by William Trevor

Writing The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008
The Writers on Their Work

Recommended Stories 2008
Publications Submitted
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Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780307280343
ISBN-10: 0307280349
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Furman, Laura
Hersteller: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 132 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Laura Furman
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.05.2008
Gewicht: 0,447 kg
Artikel-ID: 101892710
Über den Autor
Laura Furman's work has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Ploughshares, The Yale Review, and other magazines. She is the founding editor of the highly regarded American Short Fiction (three time finalist for the American Magazine Award). A professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin, she teaches in the graduate James A. Michener Center for writers. She lives in Austin.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Laura Furman, Series Editor

A Composer and His Parakeets
Ha Jin, Zoetrope

Other People's Deaths
Lore Segal, The New Yorker

Village 113
Anthony Doerr, Tin House

A Change in Fashion
Steven Millhauser, Harper's Magazine

The Transitional Object
Sheila Kohler, Boulevard

On the Lake
Olaf Olafsson, Zoetrope

Taiping
Brittani Sonnenberg, xconnect

What Do You Want to Know For?
Alice Munro, The American Scholar

The Necessity of Certain Behaviors
Shannon Cain, New England Review

A Game of Cards
Rose Tremain, The Paris Review

Touch
Alexi Zentner, Tin House

Bad Neighbors
Edward P. Jones, The New Yorker

Every Move You Make
David Malouf, Granta

Scenes from the Life of the Only Girl in Water Shield, Alaska
Tony Tulathimutte, The Threepenny Review

The Bullock Run
Roger McDonald, Mãnoa

Prison
Yiyun Li, Tin House

Bye-bye Natalia
Michel Faber, Granta

Folie à Deux
William Trevor, The New Yorker

The Little Boy
Mary Gaitskill, Harper's Magazine

A Little History of Modern Music
William H. Gass, Conjunctions

Reading The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on “Touch” by Alexi Zenter
David Leavitt on “What Do You Want to Know For?” by Alice Munro
David Means on “Folie à Deux” by William Trevor

Writing The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008
The Writers on Their Work

Recommended Stories 2008
Publications Submitted
Permissions
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780307280343
ISBN-10: 0307280349
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Furman, Laura
Hersteller: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 132 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Laura Furman
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.05.2008
Gewicht: 0,447 kg
Artikel-ID: 101892710
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