The O. Henry Prize stories 2017
By: chosen and with an introduction by Laura Furman ; with essays by jurors David Bradley, Elizabeth McCracken [and] Brad Watson on the stories they admire most
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9780525432500
Subjects: American Short stories; American fiction
Other titles: Prize stories 2017
Notes: "Best stories of the year"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / -- Laura Furman; title: Too good to be true  -- Michelle Huneven; title: Something for a young woman  -- Genevieve Plunkett; title: The Buddhist  -- Alan Rossi; title: Garments  -- Tahmima Anam; title: Protection  -- Paola Peroni; title: Night garden  -- Shruti Swamy; title: A cruelty  -- Kevin Barry; title: Floating garden  -- Mary LaChapelle; title: The trusted traveler  -- Joseph O'Neill; title: Blue dot  -- Keith Eisner; title: Lion  -- Wil Weitzel; title: Paddle to Canada  -- Heather Monley; title: A small sacrifice for an enormous happiness  -- Jai Chakrabarti; title: The bride and the street party  -- Kate Cayley; title: Secret lives of the detainees  -- Amit Majmudar; title: Glory  -- Lesley Nneka Arimah; title: Mercedes Benz  -- Martha Cooley; title: The reason is because  -- Manual Muñoz; title: The family whistle  -- Gerard Woodward; title: Buttony  -- Fiona McFarlane; title: Reading The O. Henry Prize Stories: the jurors on their favorites --; title: Writing The O. Henry Prize Stories: the writers on their work.