Format:
Book
Title:
Prize stories 1988 : the O. Henry awards / edited and with an introduction by William Abrahams.
Call Number:
FIC O.HENRY 1988
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher, Date:
Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, c1988.
Description:
366 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
Short stories, American. American fiction -- 20th century.
Subjects:
Short stories, American.
American fiction -- 20th century.
Genre:
Short stories.
Other Author:
Abrahams, William Miller, 1919-1998.
Adams, Alice. Ocracoke Island.
Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988. Errand.
Dubus, Andre, 1936-1999. Blessings.
Spencer, Elizabeth, 1921- Business venture.
Currey, Richard. Wars of heaven.
Hazzard, Shirley. Place to be.
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- Yarrow.
LaSalle, Peter. Dolphin dreaming.
Williams, Joy. Rot.
La Puma, Salvatore. Gangster's ghost.
Mason, Bobbie Ann. Bumblebees.
Plant, Richard. Cecil grounded.
Beattie, Ann. Honey.
Neugeboren, Jay. Don't worry about the kids.
Sayles, John. Halfway diner.
Kohler, Sheila. Mountain.
Smiley, Jane. Long distance.
Deaver, Philip F. Arcola girls.
Baumbach, Jonathan. Dinner party.
Updike, John. Leaf season.
Other Title:
O. Henry awards 1988
Prize stories: The O. Henry awards 1988
Contents:
Errand / Raymond Carver -- Ocracoke island / Alice Adams -- Blessings / Andre Dubus -- The Business venture / Elizabeth Spencer -- The Wars of heaven / Richard Currey -- The place to be / Shirley Hazzard -- Yarrow / Joyce Carol Oates -- Dolphin dreaming / Peter Lasalle -- Rot / Joy Williams -- The Gangster's ghost / Salvatore La Puma -- Bumblebees / Bobbie Ann Mason -- Cecil grounded / Richard Plant -- Honey / Ann Beattie -- Don't worry about the kids / Jay Neugeboren -- The Halfway diner / John Sayles -- The Mountain / Sheila Kohler -- Long distance / Jane Smiley -- Arcola girls / Philip F. Deaver -- The Dinner party / Jonathan Baumbach -- Leaf season / John Updike.
ISBN:
0385241836
9780385241830
0385241844 (pbk.)
9780385241847 (pbk.)