O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 by Furman, Laura

O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307280343)

Vendor: Laura Furman
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Format: Paperback
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O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 by Furman, Laura

O. Henry Prize Stories 2008

$19.00
O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 by Furman, Laura

O. Henry Prize Stories 2008

$19.00
Format: Paperback
Description
Description
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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.

Author: Laura Furman
ISBN-10: 0307280349
ISBN-13: 9780307280343
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 05/06/2008
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.84d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2008 pg. 260
Vanity Fair 05/01/2008 pg. 100
By Laura Furman
By Laura Furman
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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.

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