Prize Stories 1991
Author: Abrahams, William
ISBN: 9780385415132
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Mar 1991
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback / softback
i>The O. Henry Prize Stories 1991/i>collects 20 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. "The Sandstone Farmhouse" by John Updike, which tells of a difficult relationship of a son and his mother over 50 years, takes the coveted top prize. The other stories in this collection are-br>br> Joyce Carol Oates "The Swimmers"br> Sharon Sheehe Stark "Overland"br> Martha Lacy Hall "The Apple-Green Triumph"br> Wayne Johnson "Hippies, Indians, Buffalo"br> Perri Klass "For Women Everywhere"br> Helen Norris "Raisin Faces"br> Patricia Lear "Powwow"br> Charles Baxter "Saul and Patsy Are Pregnant"br> Sylvia A. Watanabe "Talking to the Dead"br> T. Alan Broughton "Ashes"br> Diane Levenberg "The Ilui"br> Ursula K. Le Guin "Hand, Cup, Shell"br> Alice Adams "Earthquake Damage"br> Charlotte Zoe Walker "The Very Pineapple"br> Ronald Sukenick "Ecco"br> Dennis McFarland "Nothing to Ask For"br> Millicent Dillon "Oil and Water"br> Marly Swick "Moscow Nights"br> Thomas Fox Averill "During the Twelfth Summer of Elmer D. Peterson"br>br> "This collection is both meritorious and diverse. The work ranges from plainly written stories brimming with resonant significance to full-blown extravaganzas. . . .Recommended."-i>Library Journal/i>
ISBN: 9780385415132
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Mar 1991
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback / softback
i>The O. Henry Prize Stories 1991/i>collects 20 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. "The Sandstone Farmhouse" by John Updike, which tells of a difficult relationship of a son and his mother over 50 years, takes the coveted top prize. The other stories in this collection are-br>br> Joyce Carol Oates "The Swimmers"br> Sharon Sheehe Stark "Overland"br> Martha Lacy Hall "The Apple-Green Triumph"br> Wayne Johnson "Hippies, Indians, Buffalo"br> Perri Klass "For Women Everywhere"br> Helen Norris "Raisin Faces"br> Patricia Lear "Powwow"br> Charles Baxter "Saul and Patsy Are Pregnant"br> Sylvia A. Watanabe "Talking to the Dead"br> T. Alan Broughton "Ashes"br> Diane Levenberg "The Ilui"br> Ursula K. Le Guin "Hand, Cup, Shell"br> Alice Adams "Earthquake Damage"br> Charlotte Zoe Walker "The Very Pineapple"br> Ronald Sukenick "Ecco"br> Dennis McFarland "Nothing to Ask For"br> Millicent Dillon "Oil and Water"br> Marly Swick "Moscow Nights"br> Thomas Fox Averill "During the Twelfth Summer of Elmer D. Peterson"br>br> "This collection is both meritorious and diverse. The work ranges from plainly written stories brimming with resonant significance to full-blown extravaganzas. . . .Recommended."-i>Library Journal/i>
