THE O. Henry Prize Stories 2007: The Best Stories of the Year (Pen / O. Henry Prize Stories) Book

An arresting collection of contemporary fiction at its best, these stories explore a vast range of subjects, from love and deception to war and the insidious power of class distinctions. However clearly spoken, in voices sophisticated, cunning, or naâ?¢ve, here is fiction that consistently defies our expectations. Selected from thousands of stories in hundreds of literary magazines, the twenty prize-winning stories are accompanied by essays from each of the three eminent jurors on which stories they judged the best, and observations from all twenty prizewinners on what inspired them.â??The Roomâ?William Trevorâ??The Scent of Cinnamonâ?Charles Lambertâ??Cherubsâ?Justine Dymondâ??Galveston Bay, 1826â?Eddie Chuculateâ??The Gift of Yearsâ?Vu Tranâ??The Diaristâ?Richard McCannâ??War Buddiesâ?Joan Silberâ??Djamillaâ?Tony Dâ??Souzaâ??In a Bearâ??s Eyeâ?Yannick Murphyâ??Summer, with Twinsâ?Rebecca Curtisâ??Mudder Tongueâ?Brian Evensonâ??Companionâ?Sana Krasikovâ??A Stone Houseâ?Bay Anapolâ??The Company of Menâ?Jan Ellisonâ??City Visitâ?Adam Haslettâ??The Duchess of Albanyâ?Christine Schuttâ??A New Kind of Gravityâ?Andrew Foster Altschulâ??Gringosâ?Ariel Dorfmanâ??El Ojo de Aguaâ?Susan Straightâ??The View from Castle Rockâ?Alice MunroRead More