The O. Henry Awards prize stories, 1999

Dark, Larry. (Added Author).

Item details

ISBN: 0385493584
ISBN: 9780385493581
Physical Description: print
xviii, 443 p. ; 22 cm.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Anchor Books, c1999.

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / Larry Dark -- A nurse's story (first prize) Peter Baida ; introduced by Sherman Alexie -- Merry-go-sorry (second prize) / Cary Holladay ; introduced by Stephen King -- Save the reaper (thrid prize) / Alice Munro ; introduced by Lorrie Moore -- The depressed person / David Foster Wallace -- Cataract / Pam Houston -- Sea oak / George Saunders -- Interpreter of maladies / Jhumpa Lahiri -- Nixon under the bodhi tree / Gerald Reilly -- Mister Brother / Michael Cunningham -- Moon / Chaim Potok -- Burning / Robert Schirmer -- Watching girls play / W.D. Wetherell -- Afterbirth / Sheila M. Schwartz -- Son of the wolfman / Michael Chabon -- Miracle boy / Pinckney Benedict -- The underground gardens / T. Coraghessan Boyle -- Fork used in eating Reverend Baker / Kiana Davenport -- Sign / Charlotte Forbes -- A tortoise for the Queen of Tonga / Julia Whitty -- The mud below -- Contributors' notes -- Jurors -- Short-listed stories -- 1999 Magazine Award : The New Yorker -- Magazines consulted.

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Short stories, American
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