ISBN-13: 9780385246347 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 400 str.
Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious awards for short fiction The Atlantic Monthly
The O. Henry Prize Stories 1989 gathers 20 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines.
Stories include:
Ernest J. Finney Peacocks (first prize)
Joyce Carol Oates House Hunting (second prize)
Harriet Doerr Edie: A Life (third prize)
Jean Ross The Sky Fading Upward to Yellow: A Footnote to Literary History
Starkey Flythe, Jr. CV10
Alice Adams After You ve Gone
Frances Sherwood History
Banning K. Lary Death of a Duke
T. Coraghessan Doyle Sinking House
Catherine Petroski The Hit
James Salter American Express
David Foster Wallace Here and There
Susan Minot Ile Seche
Millicent Dillon Wrong Stories
Charles Simmons Clandestine Acts
John Casey Avid
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison To Be
Rick Bass The Watch
Ellen Herman Unstable Ground
Charles Dickinson Child in the Leaves "