Prize Stories 1986
Author: Abrahams, William
ISBN: 9780385231565
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 12 Aug 1986
Pages: 292
Format: Paperback / softback
"Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious award for short fiction."-i>The Atlantic Monthlybr>/i>br> i>The O. Henry Prize Stories 1986/i> collects 19 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. The 1986 winning story is Alice Walker's "Kindred Spirits," which profiles a young African-American woman after her divorce from her white husband. A Special Award for Continuing Achievement is given to Joyce Carol Oates for "Master Race" that narrates a shocking of a sexual assault in Germany. Other stories include- br>br>Stuart Dybek "Pet Milk"br> Greg Johnson "Crazy Ladies"br> John L'Heureux "The Comedian"br> Joyce R. Kornblatt "Offerings"br> Ward Just "The Costa Brava, 1959"br> Peter Meinke "Uncle George and Uncle Stefan"br> Bobbie Anne Mason "Big Bertha Stories"br> Merrill Joan Gerber "'I Don't Believe This'"br> Gordon Lish "Resurrection"br> Peter Cameron "Excerpts from Swan Lake"br> Alice Adams "Molly's Dog"br> Deborah Eisenberg "Transaction in a Foreign Currency"br> Anthony DiFranco "The Garden of Redemption"br> Jeanne Wilmot "Dirt Angel"br> Elizabeth Spencer "The Cousins"br> Irvin Faust "The Year of the Hot Jock"br> Stephanie Vaughn "Kid MacArthur"
ISBN: 9780385231565
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 12 Aug 1986
Pages: 292
Format: Paperback / softback
"Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious award for short fiction."-i>The Atlantic Monthlybr>/i>br> i>The O. Henry Prize Stories 1986/i> collects 19 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. The 1986 winning story is Alice Walker's "Kindred Spirits," which profiles a young African-American woman after her divorce from her white husband. A Special Award for Continuing Achievement is given to Joyce Carol Oates for "Master Race" that narrates a shocking of a sexual assault in Germany. Other stories include- br>br>Stuart Dybek "Pet Milk"br> Greg Johnson "Crazy Ladies"br> John L'Heureux "The Comedian"br> Joyce R. Kornblatt "Offerings"br> Ward Just "The Costa Brava, 1959"br> Peter Meinke "Uncle George and Uncle Stefan"br> Bobbie Anne Mason "Big Bertha Stories"br> Merrill Joan Gerber "'I Don't Believe This'"br> Gordon Lish "Resurrection"br> Peter Cameron "Excerpts from Swan Lake"br> Alice Adams "Molly's Dog"br> Deborah Eisenberg "Transaction in a Foreign Currency"br> Anthony DiFranco "The Garden of Redemption"br> Jeanne Wilmot "Dirt Angel"br> Elizabeth Spencer "The Cousins"br> Irvin Faust "The Year of the Hot Jock"br> Stephanie Vaughn "Kid MacArthur"
