{"product_id":"9780385231565","title":"Prize Stories 1986: The O. Henry Awards","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eAbrahams, William\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAnchor\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\/12\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e“Widely regarded as the nation’s most prestigious award for short fiction.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe O. Henry Prize Stories 1986\u003c\/i\u003e collects 19 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. The 1986 winning story is Alice Walker’s “Kindred Spirits,” which profiles a young African-American woman after her divorce from her white husband. A Special Award for Continuing Achievement is given to Joyce Carol Oates for “Master Race” that narrates a shocking of a sexual assault in Germany. Other stories include: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStuart Dybek “Pet Milk”\u003cbr\u003e Greg Johnson “Crazy Ladies”\u003cbr\u003e John L’Heureux “The Comedian”\u003cbr\u003e Joyce R. Kornblatt “Offerings”\u003cbr\u003e Ward Just “The Costa Brava, 1959”\u003cbr\u003e Peter Meinke “Uncle George and Uncle Stefan”\u003cbr\u003e Bobbie Anne Mason “Big Bertha Stories”\u003cbr\u003e Merrill Joan Gerber “‘I Don’t Believe This’”\u003cbr\u003e Gordon Lish “Resurrection”\u003cbr\u003e Peter Cameron “Excerpts from Swan Lake”\u003cbr\u003e Alice Adams “Molly’s Dog”\u003cbr\u003e Deborah Eisenberg “Transaction in a Foreign Currency”\u003cbr\u003e Anthony DiFranco “The Garden of Redemption”\u003cbr\u003e Jeanne Wilmot “Dirt Angel”\u003cbr\u003e Elizabeth Spencer “The Cousins”\u003cbr\u003e Irvin Faust “The Year of the Hot Jock”\u003cbr\u003e Stephanie Vaughn “Kid MacArthur”","brand":"Anchor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43350791717119,"sku":"9780385231565","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780385231565_s600x595.jpg?v=1775586181","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780385231565","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}