false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg 6006941 1 <b>A perennial classic now in partnership with PEN American Center</b><br><br>Featuring stories selected from thousands published in literary magazines, <b>The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009</b> is studded with great writers such as Junot Diaz, Nadine Gordimer, Ha Jin, and Paul Theroux, as well as new voices. The winning stories feature locales as diverse as post-war Vietnam, a retirement community in Cape Town, South Africa, an Egyptian desert village, and a permanently darkened New York City; the dizzying range of characters include a Russian mail-order bride in Finland, a rebellious Dominican girl in New Jersey, and a hallucinating British Gulf War veteran. The stories are accompanied by essays from the eminent jurors on their favorites, observations from the twenty winners on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines. 6182046 5 5 2009 The PEN/ O. Henry Prize Stories 2009 total:51|5:7|4:21|3:18|2:5|1:0| 51 183 92 20 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 4 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 13:49:48 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 14:10:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 5 0 false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 20:26:12 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 20:26:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 3 0 false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 09:22:21 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 16:23:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 3 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 16:18:33 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 16:25:47 -0700 2009 nothing really happens. Thank goodness for those with physical action, such as the selections ...more...]]> 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 5 0 false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 08:19:06 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 22:08:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 4 0 false Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 21:22:34 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 10:54:08 -0700 2009
It's interesting that these selections don't seem to overlap with the Best American Short Stories selections. So far in checking the table of contents of the three volumes I...more...]]> 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 0 0 false Wed Jun 24 14:53:27 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 14:58:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 3 0 false Wed Aug 12 06:36:01 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 06:38:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 3 0 false Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 06:56:31 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 06:57:34 -0700 2009 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 3 0 false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 15:04:47 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 13:00:02 -0700 2009 1 An Ordinary Soldier of the Queen, by Graham Joyce
Wildwood, by Junot Diaz
Purple Bamboo Park, by E.V. Slate]]> 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 4 0 false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 11:33:06 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 11:37:04 -0700 2009
also: An ordinary soldier of the queen by Graham Joyce
Twenty-two stories by Paul Theroux

quality of stories in this varies widely]]> 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 4 0 false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 13:27:19 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 13:28:10 -0700 2009 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 0 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 18:07:36 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 18:15:34 -0700 2009 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 2 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 11:26:12 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 18:06:44 -0700 2009
Exceptions: "An Ordinary Soldier of the Queen," Graham Joyce, "Darkness" Andrew Sean Greer, "Wildwood," Junot Diaz.]]> 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 0 0 false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 13:13:10 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 10:10:36 -0700 2009
Others I particularly enjoyed:

The camera and the cobra by Roger Nash
Darkness by Andrew Sean Greer
An ordinary soldier of the queen by Graham Joyce
Twenty-two stories by...]]> 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 0 0 false Mon Sep 28 08:19:47 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 08:20:06 -0700 2009 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 4 0 false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 11:59:28 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 17:47:03 -0700 2009 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 2 0 false Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 09:30:46 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 12:38:48 -0700 2009
Yeah, it was really not a good installment. Quite bored by most of the stories, a few standout exception...more...]]> 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 4 0 false Wed May 20 10:46:53 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 10:47:43 -0700 2009 6006941 0307280357 9780307280350 51 20 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256153672m/6006941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6006941.The_PEN_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2009 0 0 false Sun Jun 14 13:00:35 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 13:38:57 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6006941