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The best short stories 2021 : the O. Henry Prize winners / edited by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977- (editor.).

Summary:

"The Best Short Stories 2021: The O. Henry Prize Winners--now entering its second century of cutting-edge literary excellence--contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has brought her own brilliant vision to the the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and young emerging voices, and including translations for the first time. The winning stories are accompanied by a dazzling introduction by Adichie, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines and literary websites that publish short fiction."--from back cover

Record details

ISBN: 0593311256
ISBN: 9780593311257
Physical Description: 375 pages ; 21 cm
Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, 2021.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Brown girls / Daphne Palasi Andreades, Kenyon Review -- Two nurses, smoking / David Means, The New Yorker -- Malliga homes / Sindya Bhanoo, Granta -- Endangered species: case 47401 / Crystal Wilkinson, Story -- From far around they saw us burn / Alice Jolly, Ploushares -- Things we worried about when I was ten / David Rabe, The New Yorker -- Scissors / Karina Sainz Borgo, translated by Elizabeth Bryer, Granta -- Witness / James Brinkley, The Paris Review -- The other one / Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker -- Becoming the baby girl / Adachioma Ezeano, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern -- The master's castle / Anthony Doerr, The House -- The living sea / Tiphanie Yanique, Harvard Review -- Freedom from want / Joan Silber, The House -- Fisherman's stew / Jowhor Ile, The Sewanee Review -- White noise / Emma Cline, The New Yorker -- Delandria / Asali Solomon, McSweeney's Quarterly Review -- Antediluvian / Ben Hinshaw, Harvard Review -- Grief's garden / Caroline Albertine Minor, translated by Caroline Waight, Granta -- To the dogs / Jianan Qian, Granta -- Color and light / Sally Rooney, The New Yorker.