Prize Stories - (Pen / O. Henry Prize Stories) by Larry Dark (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Presenting a superb collection of 20 inventive, full-bodied works of fiction, this is the 80th anniversary edition of "the nation's most prestigious awards for the short story" ("The Atlantic Monthly").<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>An Anchor Original <p/>The 80th anniversary edition of "the nation's most prestigious awards for the short story."--<i>The Atlantic Monthly</i> <p/>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 Canadian fiction.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>High praise for <b>Prize Stories 1999</b> <p/>"<b>Prize Stories</b> is eerier, broodier, chancier, and ultimately more alive to the genre's exhilarating unpredictability [than <b>The Best American Short Stories</b>]."--<i>Entertainment Weekly</i> <p/>"Interesting and unconventional."--<i>Seattle Post-Intelligencer</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Larry Dark is the editor of four other anthologies, <b>Literary Outtakes</b>, <b>The Literary Ghost</b>, <b>The Literary Lover</b>, and <b>The Literary Traveler</b>. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey. Michael Cunningham is the author, most recently, of <b>The Hours</b>, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the 1999 PEN/Faulkner Award. He lives in New York City. Pam Houston is the author of <b>Cowboys Are My Business</b> and <b>Waltzing the Cat</b>. She teaches at the University of California, Davis and lives in Colorado. George Saunders is the author <b>CivilWarLand in Bad Decline</b> and <b>Pastoralia</b>.
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