<![CDATA[The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards))]]>

false <![CDATA[The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards))]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg 40485 1 Since its establishment in 1919, the O. Henry Prize stories collection has offered an exciting selection of the best stories published in hundreds of literary magazines every year. Such classic works of American literature as Ernest Hemingway’s The Killers (1927); William Faulkner’s Barn Burning (1939); Carson McCuller’s A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud (1943); Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery (1949); J.D. Salinger’s For Esme with Love and Squalor (1963); John Cheever’s The Country Husband (1956) ; and Flannery O’Conner’s Everything that Rises Must Converge (1963) all were O. Henry Prize stories. An accomplished new series editor--novelist and short story writer Laura Furman--has read more than a thousand stories to identify the 20 winners, each one a pleasure to read today, each one a potential classic. The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 also contains brief essays from each of the three distinguished judges on their favorite story, and comments from the prize-winning writers on what inspired their stories. There is nothing like the ever rich, surprising, and original O. Henry collection for enjoying the contemporary short story. The Thing in the Forest A. S. Byatt The Shell Collector Anthony Doerr Burn Your Maps Robyn Jay Leff Lush Bradford Morrow God’s Goodness Marjorie Kemper Bleed Blue in Indonesia Adam Desnoyers The Story Edith Pearlman Swept Away T. Coraghessan Boyle Meanwhile Ann Harleman Three Days. A Month. More. Douglas Light The High Road Joan Silber Election Eve Evan S. Connell Irish Girl Tim Johnston What Went Wrong Tim O’Brien The American Embassy Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Kissing William Kittredge Sacred Statues William Trevor Two Words Molly Giles Fathers Alice Munro Train Dreams Denis Johnson 40075 9 9 2003 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) total:67|5:15|4:30|3:19|2:3|1:0| 67 258 100 11 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 4 1 false Tue Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 06:45:28 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 18:21:03 -0700 2008
Not every one in this year’s offering shined hard, but several others more than made up for the small lack. Some, such as ‘Three Days. A Month. More.’ and ‘The America...more...]]> 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 2 0 false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 23:30:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 16:12:30 -0800 2009
First off, this collection is remarkably spotty. For twenty stories, I only liked all of four or five of them. In fact, some I couldn't believe were even published--let alone worthy of being inclu...more...]]> 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 0 0 false Wed Jul 04 07:09:14 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 03:20:13 -0700 2007
I was stunned by 'Bleed Blue in Indonesia', written by Adam Desnoyer. A dark love story about the 'Big Unrequited Moment' i.e the idea that everybody has "something" that they wish they'd done in their past t...more...]]> 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 5 0 false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Thu Feb 12 14:05:14 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 14:06:29 -0800 2009 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 5 0 false Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Jan 09 23:03:33 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 23:07:40 -0800 2008 The Shell Collector - Anthony Doerr
Burn Your Maps - Robyn Joy Leff
Lush - Bradford Morrow
God's Goodness - Marjorie Kemper
Bleed Blue in Indonesia - Adam Desnoyers
The Story - Edith Pearlman
Swept Away - T. Coraghessan Boyle
Meanwhile - Ann Harlema...more...]]> 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 5 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 09:13:37 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 13:05:09 -0700 2007 was a great story, full of fascinating historical detail, american magickal realism, tall tale swagger, and humor, sadness and wisdom.

Right now I'm in the midst of reading what se...more...]]> 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 0 0 false Sat May 19 17:22:15 -0700 2007 Sat May 19 17:22:53 -0700 2007
Now that I look at the table of contents though, I think there are even more reasons to check out this anthology. "Fathers," "...more...]]> 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 4 0 false Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 24 19:09:31 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 20 06:14:39 -0700 2008 really enjoy something and find out that it's the author's first published story. There's alot of stuff here by extablished giants like Denis Johnson and Alice Munro, but my faves were by people I had never heard of.

...more...]]> 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 5 0 false Thu Apr 24 05:12:44 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 10:28:29 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 05:12:22 -0700 2008
God's Goodness by Marjorie Kemper, Swept Away by TC Boyle and Lush by Bradford Morrow.

Like any collection with multiple authors, there will be good and there will be bad and you need to pick through and see what you like and what you do...]]> 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Dec 26 12:09:54 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 26 12:10:06 -0800 2007 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 0 0 false Sun Jun 17 11:01:43 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 17 11:46:49 -0700 2007 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 0 0 false Wed Nov 04 11:26:55 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 11:26:55 -0800 2009 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 3 0 false Sun Oct 11 21:26:43 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 21:26:43 -0700 2009 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 0 0 false Fri Oct 09 11:31:29 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 11:31:29 -0700 2009 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 0 0 false Tue Sep 29 12:18:29 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 12:18:29 -0700 2009 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 0 0 false Mon Sep 07 11:36:24 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 11:36:24 -0700 2009 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 0 0 false Sun Aug 30 13:49:43 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 13:49:47 -0700 2009 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 4 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 26 14:09:49 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 14:10:00 -0700 2009 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 3 0 false Mon Jun 08 18:53:33 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 18:53:33 -0700 2009 40485 1400031311 9781400031313 67 11 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards)) 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436578m/40485.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40485.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2003 2 0 false Wed Apr 29 07:23:31 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 07:23:31 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=40485