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Like Life
ISBN: 9780375719165 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Like Life's eight exquisite stories, Lorrie Moore's characters stumble through their daily existence. These men and women, unsettled and adrift and often frightened, can't quite understand how they arrived at their present situations. Harry has been reworking a play for years in his apartment near Times Square in New York. Jane is biding her time at a cheese shop in a Midwest mall. Dennis, unhappily divorced, buries himself in self-help books about healthful food and healthy relationships. One prefers to speak on the phone rather than face his friends, another lets the...
In Like Life's eight exquisite stories, Lorrie Moore's characters stumble through their daily existence. These men and women, unsettled ...
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Wonderful Town: New York Stories from the New Yorker
ISBN: 9780375757525 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New York City is not only The New Yorker's place of origin and its sensibility's lifeblood; it is the heart of American literary culture. Wonderful Town collects superb short fiction by many of the magazine's and this country's most accomplished writers. Like all good fiction, these stories take particular places, particular people, and particular events and turn them into dramas of universal enlightenment and emotional impact. Here New York is every great place and every ordinary place. Each life in it, and each life in Wonderful Town, is the life of us all.
New York City is not only The New Yorker's place of origin and its sensibility's lifeblood; it is the heart of American literary culture. Wo...
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Prize Stories 1985: The O. Henry Awards
ISBN: 9780385194785 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious awards for short fiction. The Atlantic Monthly
The O. Henry Prize Stories 1985 gathers 21 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. Stories include: Jane Smiley Lily (first prize, jointly awarded) Stuart Dybek Hot Ice (first prize, jointly awarded) Ann Beattie In the White Night Helen Norris The Quarry Susan Minot Lust Claude Koch Bread and Butter Questions Wright Morris Glimpse into Another Country Louise Erdrich Saint Marie ... Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious awards for short fiction. The Atlantic Monthly
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Prize Stories 1986: The O. Henry Awards
ISBN: 9780385231565 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious award for short fiction. The Atlantic Monthly
The O. Henry Prize Stories 1986 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: Stuart Dybek Pet Milk... Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious award for short fiction. The Atlantic Monthly
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Prize Stories 1987: The O'Henry Awards
ISBN: 9780385235952 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Established in 1918 as a memorial to the master of the short story genre, O. Henry, Prize Stories has long been recognized as the premier forum for the contemporary story. The 1987 volume carries forth the time-honored literary tradition in 20 selections as original and varied as the current trends in short fiction. The top prize for 1987 is jointly awarded to Louise Erdrich for Fleur and Joyce Johnson for The Children s Wing.
Other stories include: Robert Boswell The Darkness of Love Alice Adams Tide Pools Stuart Dybek Blight James Lott The Janeites ... Established in 1918 as a memorial to the master of the short story genre, O. Henry, Prize Stories has long been recognized as the premier forum...
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Prize Stories 1989: The O. Henry Awards
ISBN: 9780385246347 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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 ... Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious awards for short fiction The Atlantic Monthly
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Prize Stories 1990: The O. Henry Awards
ISBN: 9780385264990 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious awards for short fiction The Atlantic Monthly
The O. Henry Prize Stories 1990 gathers 20 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. Stories include: Leo E. Litwak The Eleventh Edition (first prize) Peter Matthiessen Lumumba Lives (second prize) Lore Segal The Reverse Bug (third prize) Joyce Carol Oates Heat Carolyn Osborn The Grands James P. Blaylock Unidentified Objects Jane Brown Gillette Sins Against Animals Julie Schumacher The... Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious awards for short fiction The Atlantic Monthly
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Talking Leaves: Contemporary Native American Short Stories
ISBN: 9780385312721 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Short story collection written by Native American authors.
Short story collection written by Native American authors.
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92,23 zł |
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Prize Stories 1991: The O. Henry Awards
ISBN: 9780385415132 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The O. Henry Prize Stories 1991collects 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:
Joyce Carol Oates The Swimmers Sharon Sheehe Stark Overland Martha Lacy Hall The Apple-Green Triumph Wayne Johnson Hippies, Indians, Buffalo Perri Klass For Women Everywhere Helen Norris Raisin Faces Patricia Lear Powwow ... The O. Henry Prize Stories 1991collects 20 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. The ...
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The Ice at the Bottom of the World: Stories
ISBN: 9780385415446 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With a distinctive and original voice, Mark Richard's stories capture characters on the fringe of society, and illuminate the goodness at the heart of their Southern, down-and-out lies. Full of startling images and harrowing epiphanies, The Ice at the Bottom of the World is a collection by a true master of his craft. In these ten stories, Mark Richard, winner of the 1990 PEN/Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award, emerges as the heir apparent to Mark Twain, Flannery O'Connor, and William Faulkner.
With a distinctive and original voice, Mark Richard's stories capture characters on the fringe of society, and illuminate the goodness at the heart of...
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65,33 zł |
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Prize Stories 1992: The O. Henry Awards
ISBN: 9780385421928 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious awards for short fiction The Atlantic Monthly
The O. Henry Prize Stories 1992 gathers 20 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. Stories include: Cynthia Ozick Puttermesser Paired (first prize) Lucy Honig English as a Second Language Tom McNeal What Happened to Tully Amy Herrick Pinocchio s Nose Murray Pomerance Decor Joyce Carol Oates Why Don t You Come Live With Me It s Time Mary Michael Wagner Acts of Kindness Yolanda Barnes... Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious awards for short fiction The Atlantic Monthly
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Prize Stories 1993: The O'Henry Awards
ISBN: 9780385425322 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious award for short fiction. The Atlantic Monthly
Established in 1918 as a memorial to the master of the short story genre, O. Henry, Prize Storieshas long been recognized as the premier forum for the contemporary story. The volume for 1993 carries forth the time-honored literary tradition in 23 selections as original and varied as the current trends in short fiction. The top prize for 1993 is awarded to Thom Jones s The Pugilist at Rest, which explores the interior depths of depression through the eyes of Vietnam vet and... Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious award for short fiction. The Atlantic Monthly
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Prize Stories 1994: The O. Henry Awards
ISBN: 9780385471183 / Angielski / Miękka / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious awards for short fiction. The Atlantic Monthly
The O. Henry Prize Stories 1994 gathers 21 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. Stories include: Alison Baker Better Be Ready Bout Half Past Eight (first prize) John Rolfe Gardiner The Voyage Out (second prize) Lorrie Moore Terrific Mother (third prize) Stuart Dybek We Didn t Marlin Barton Jeremiah s Road Kelly Cherry Not the Phil Donahue Show Elizabeth Cox The Third of July Terry... Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious awards for short fiction. The Atlantic Monthly
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Prize Stories 1995: The O. Henry Awards
ISBN: 9780385476720 / Angielski / Miękka / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. So many great novels in the Western canon began as mere magazine stories. In this amazing collection, editor William Abrahams brings the best literature that periodicals had to give during 1995. These prize winning stories will not only entertain but give a glimpse into the mindset of the mid-nineties.
So many great novels in the Western canon began as mere magazine stories. In this amazing collection, editor William Abrahams brings the best literatu...
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Prize Stories 1996: The O. Henry Awards
ISBN: 9780385481823 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the past three decades, William Abrahams has selected the O. Henry Award winners. Building on a tradition that spans over three quarters of a century, The O. Henry Awards has been "widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction" ("The Atlantic Monthly). Every year, Abrahams has chosen a diverse group of stories and writers to creat a collection that includes perennial favorites as well as an increasing number of lesser known writers, many of whom have gone on to become seminal voices in current American fiction. "Prize Stories 1996 is both William Abrahams's...
For the past three decades, William Abrahams has selected the O. Henry Award winners. Building on a tradition that spans over three quarters of a cent...
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Prize Stories 1997: The O. Henry Awards
ISBN: 9780385483612 / Angielski / Miękka / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Established in 1918 as a memorial to O. Henry, this annual literary tradition has presented a remarkable offering of stories over its 82-year history. O. Henry first-prize winners have included Dorothy Parker, William Faulkner, Truman Capote, John Cheever, John Updike, and Cynthia Ozick as well as some lesser-known writers such as Alison Baker and Cornelia Nixon. Many talented writers who were known when first chosen for an O. Henry Award later went on to become seminal voices of contemporary fiction. Representative of the very best in contemporary American and Canadian fiction, these are...
Established in 1918 as a memorial to O. Henry, this annual literary tradition has presented a remarkable offering of stories over its 82-year history....
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88,39 zł |
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Prize Stories, the Best of 1998: The O. Henry Awards
ISBN: 9780385489584 / Angielski / Miękka / 468 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Established in 1918 as a memorial to O. Henry, this annual literary tradition has presented a remarkable offering of stories over its 82-year history. O. Henry first-prize winners have included Dorothy Parker, William Faulkner, Truman Capote, John Cheever, John Updike, and Cynthia Ozick as well as some lesser-known writers such as Alison Baker and Cornelia Nixon. Many talented writers who were known when first chosen for an O. Henry Award later went on to become seminal voices of contemporary fiction. Representative of the very best in contemporary American and Canadian fiction, these are...
Established in 1918 as a memorial to O. Henry, this annual literary tradition has presented a remarkable offering of stories over its 82-year history....
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88,39 zł |
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Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards
ISBN: 9780385493581 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Established in 1918 as a memorial to O. Henry, this esteemed annual collection has presented a remarkable collection of stories over the years. Recently, Series Editor Larry Dark has incorporated some exciting changes: a magazine award, the eligibility of stories from Canadian magazines, a list of fifty Honorable Mention stories, an expanded listing of publications consulted, and a celebrity-author top-prize jury.
Representing the very best in contemporary American and Canadian fiction, Prize Stories 1999: The O. Henry Awards is a superb collection of twenty inventive, full-bodied short... Established in 1918 as a memorial to O. Henry, this esteemed annual collection has presented a remarkable collection of stories over the years. Recent...
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Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards
ISBN: 9780385498777 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An Anchor Original
The 80th anniversary edition of "the nation's most prestigious awards for the short story."--"The Atlantic Monthly" Established early in the last century as a memorial to O. Henry, throughout its history this annual collection has consistently offered a remarkable sampling of contemporary short stories. Each year stories are chosen from large and small literary magazines and a panel of distinguished writers is enlisted to award the top prizes. The result is a superb collection of twenty inventive, full-bodied stories representing the very best in American and... An Anchor Original
The 80th anniversary edition of "the nation's most prestigious awards for the short story."--"The Atlantic Monthly" Establi... |
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Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards
ISBN: 9780385498784 / Angielski / Miękka / 468 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Established early in the last century as a memorial to O. Henry, throughout its history this annual collection has consistently offered a remarkable sampling of contemporary short stories. Each year, stories are chosen from large and small literary magazines, and a panel of distinguished writers is enlisted to award top prizes. The result is a superb collection of seventeen inventive, full-bodied stories representing the very best in American and Canadian fiction. And in celebration of this distinguished literary form, Prize Stories 2001 a Special Award for Continuing Achievement is presented...
Established early in the last century as a memorial to O. Henry, throughout its history this annual collection has consistently offered a remarkable s...
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88,39 zł |
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