Prize stories 1988
Subtitle: the O. Henry awards
By: edited and with an introduction by William Abrahams
Contributors: Adams, Alice; Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988; Dubus, Andre, 1936-1999; Spencer, Elizabeth; Currey, Richard; Hazzard, Shirley; Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-; LaSalle, Peter; Williams, Joy; La Puma, Salvatore; Mason, Bobbie Ann; Plant, Richard; Beattie, Ann; Neugeboren, Jay; Sayles, John; Kohler, Sheila; Smiley, Jane; Deaver, Philip F.; Baumbach, Jonathan; Updike, John
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780385241830; 9780385241847
Subjects: American Short stories; American fiction
Other titles: O. Henry awards.; Prize stories.; Prize stories: The O. Henry awards 1988.
Notes: Cover title: Prize stories: The O. Henry awards 1988.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [360]-366).
Table of contents: title: Errand  -- Raymond Carver; title: Ocracoke island  -- Alice Adams; title: Blessings  -- Andre Dubus; title: The Business venture  -- Elizabeth Spencer; title: The Wars of heaven  -- Richard Currey; title: The place to be  -- Shirley Hazzard; title: Yarrow  -- Joyce Carol Oates; title: Dolphin dreaming  -- Peter Lasalle; title: Rot  -- Joy Williams; title: The Gangster's ghost  -- Salvatore La Puma; title: Bumblebees  -- Bobbie Ann Mason; title: Cecil grounded  -- Richard Plant; title: Honey  -- Ann Beattie; title: Don't worry about the kids  -- Jay Neugeboren; title: The Halfway diner  -- John Sayles; title: The Mountain  -- Sheila Kohler; title: Long distance  -- Jane Smiley; title: Arcola girls  -- Philip F. Deaver; title: The Dinner party  -- Jonathan Baumbach; title: Leaf season -- John Updike.