The O. Henry Prize Stories 2014

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Twenty unforgettable stories-the best of the year-by celebrated writers as well as new and emerging voices. The O. Henry Prize Stories 2014 contains twenty prize-winning stories chosen from thousands published in literary magazines over the previous year. The winning stories roam the world, from Nigeria to Venice, from an erupting volcano in Iceland to a brothel in the old Wild West. They feature a dazzling array of characters brought vividly to life- a young American falling in love in Japan, a girl raised by snake-handling fundamentalists, an old man mourning his late wife, and a fierce guard dog with a talent for escape. The stories are accompanied by essays from the eminent jurors on their favorites, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines.

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"Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction."
--"The Atlantic Monthly"

Author Bio

Laura Furman's work has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Ploughshares, The Yale Review, and other magazines. She is the founding editor of the highly regarded American Short Fiction (three-time finalist for the American Magazine Award). A former professor at the University of Texas, she lives in Austin. About the Jurors- Tash Aw is a Malaysian writer living in London. His novel The Harmony Silk Factory was longlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Prize and won the Whitbread Book Award First Novel Award as well as the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Novel (Asia Pacific region), and was longlisted for the International Impac Dublin Award and the Guardian First Book Prize. His most recent novel, Five Star Billionaire, was also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. James Lasdun's novel Seven Lies was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and his four collections of short stories include The Siege, the title story of which was adapted for film by Bernardo Bertolucci. His recent collection, It's Beginning to Hurt, was a Best Book of the Year at the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Library Journal, and The Atlantic. Joan Silber is the author of the story collection Fools (2013 National Book Award finalist), The Size of the World (Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Prize in Fiction), Household Words (PEN/Hemingway Award winner) and Ideas of Heaven (finalist for the National Book Award and the Story Prize). She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.