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Prize Stories 1992: The O. Henry Awards (The O. Henry Prize Collection) Paperback – March 3, 1992

by William Abrahams (Author)
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“Widely regarded as the nation’s most prestigious awards for short fiction”—The Atlantic Monthly
 
The O. Henry Prize Stories 1992 gathers 20 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines.

Stories include:
Cynthia Ozick “Puttermesser Paired” (first prize)
Lucy Honig “English as a Second Language”
Tom McNeal “What Happened to Tully”
Amy Herrick “Pinocchio’s Nose”
Murray Pomerance “Decor”
Joyce Carol Oates “Why Don’t You Come Live With Me It’s Time”
Mary Michael Wagner “Acts of Kindness”
Yolanda Barnes “Red Lipstick”
David Long “Blue Spruce”
Harriett Doerr “Way Stations”
Perri Klass “Dedication”
Daniel Meltzer “People”
Ken Chowder “With Seth in Tana Toraja”
Alice Adams “The Last Lovely City”
Frances Sherwood “Demiurges”
Antonya Nelson “The Control Group”
Millicent Dillon “Lost in L.A.”
Kent Nelson “The Mine from Nicaragua”
Ann Packer “Babies”
Kate Braverman “Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta”
 
“What readers can put their trust in is the ability of William Abrahams . . . to amass a selection of the finest short stories published in America.”—New York Times Book Review
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    396 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  4. Publication date
    March 3, 1992
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.99 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0385421923
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0385421928
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About the Author

Born in 1919, William Abrahams published four successful novels and a number of poems before finding his true calling as an editor. He presided over the O. Henry Awards for more than 30 years starting in 1965. Abrahams also worked as the west coast editor of Atlantic Monthly Press and collaborated on nonfiction books with his partner, Peter Stansky. He passed away in 1998.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group; First Thus edition (March 3, 1992)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 396 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0385421923
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0385421928
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.99 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 10 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars Far exceeded my expectations
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2020
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The product description said "very good." Despite being produced 31 years ago, the book was "like new!" In addition, it arrived about a week earlier that the earliest it was supposed to arrive. It was incredibly well-packed. What a positive experience I had opening it. Bravo!!!
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Krista Cox
5.0 out of 5 stars I bought this just for the Tom McNeal story "What ...
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2017
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I bought this just for the Tom McNeal story "What Happened to Tully." Wanted to read the story the movie TULLY was based on. The story started me on a quest to read more Tom McNeal which led me to GOODNIGHT, NEBRASKA and others, plus I was introduced to Laura McNeal's stories, too. Honestly, I've only read the McNeal story in the book, and it was worth it.
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JQJ
5.0 out of 5 stars an excellent collection!
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2002
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This is a really first-rate collection, including outstanding experimental pieces by Donald Barthelme and Bernard Malamud.
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John G. Driesbach
4.0 out of 5 stars I ordered this because I had seen a movie based ...
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2017
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I ordered this because I had seen a movie based on "What Happened toTully" and was interested in how the movie correspnded to the story. I think the movie was well done and the adaptation had a few modifications that worked well. As an "airport read" I also felt the book as a whole worked well as it had many enjoyable stories.
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3.0 out of 5 stars the o henrys are better than this
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2002
William Abrahams says in his introduction: "the twenty-three stories collected here are not offered as a further refining or pruining into a kond of 'best of the best'" and "it would not have been difficult to compile an alternative and equally impressive talbe of contents from among the 165 other O.Henry Award stores of the decade" and after reading the stories collected here, Abrahams is right. these stories are not the best of the best and it would have been easy to compile a better group of stories. Most of the twenty-three stories here are bad or mediocre, only eight of them were really good, and it isn't surprising to find out which eight. Joyce Carol Oates, "The Dead"; John Cheever "The Jewels of the Cabots"; James Alan McPherson, "The Faithful"; Raymond Carver "Are You a Doctor?" (though there are better Carver stories, this one seems to be a little ambiguous); Tim O'Brien, "Night March"; John Updike, "Separating"; Woody Allen, "The Kugelmass Episode"; and John Sayles "I-80 Nebraska, M.490-M.205", which was my favorite of the book. No, this wasn't a best of from the 70s, and I know the O. Henry Awards are better than this sampling.
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