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The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013

by Laura Furman (Editor)

Other authors: Donald Antrim (Contributor), Tash Aw (Contributor), Andrea Barrett (Contributor), Ann Beattie (Contributor), L. Annette Binder (Contributor)17 more, Ayşe Papatya Bucak (Contributor), Deborah Eisenberg (Contributor), Samar Farah Fitzgerald (Contributor), Lauren Groff (Juror), Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Contributor), Nalini Jones (Contributor), Kelly Link (Contributor), George McCormick (Contributor), Melinda Moustakis (Contributor), Alice Munro (Contributor), Derek Palacio (Contributor), Jamie Quatro (Contributor), Polly Rosenwaike (Contributor), Asako Serizawa (Contributor), Jim Shepard (Juror), Joan Silber (Contributor), Lily Tuck (Contributor)

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"The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013 gathers twenty of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. The winning stories take place in such far-flung locales as a gorgeous sailboat in Hong Kong, a Cuban sugar plantation, the Kenai River in Alaska, a mansion in New Delhi, a ship torpedoed by a German U-boat, and the ghost-haunted rubble of a Turkish girls' school. Also included are the editor's introduction, essays from the jurors (Lauren Groff, Edith Pearlman, and Jim Shepard) on their favorite stories, observations from the winners on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines." -- Publisher's description.… (more)
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It's been a while since I read any short story, and I felt this was a good way to reintroduce myself to them. I felt conflicted toward a lot of the stories though, and rating them was difficult. Some were disturbing or weird, some had a great story but indifferent writing, some (those I didn't finish) had a boring story and uninteresting writing. A few were really beautiful, and many were thought-provoking. All were sad, two of them almost unbearably so.

After reading a few stories, I was already starting to forget them (I tend to forget books at an alarming speed, most of the time when I finish a novel I have already forgotten the beginning), so I started a log with a rating for each story and a short note to help me remember, and possibly draw from this a list of authors or magazines I'd like to read more of.

Ratings go from 1 (three stories I didn't bother to finish) to 5. Interestingly, three of the stories were initially published in the New Yorker magazine, and those are among the weakest: two of them I didn't finish, and the third I gave a rating of two, which was especially disappointing because this story is by Alice Munro, who won a Nobel prize. I had never read anything by her before, and her name was one of the reasons I bought this book. The story in her story (if you see what I mean) was good and should have been really moving, but it was told in an incredibly flat and boring way.

For what it's worth, here is the list of the stories with my ratings:

Your Duck Is My Duck - Deborah Eisenberg - Fence - 5
Sugarcane - Derek Palacio - The Kenyon Review - 4
The Summer People - Kelly Link - Tin House - 3
Leaving Maverley - Alice Munro - The New Yorker - 2
White Carnations - Polly Rosenwaike - Prairie Schooner - 3
Sail - Tash Aw - A Public Space -1
Anecdotes - Ann Beattie - Granta - 4
Lay My Head - L. Annette Binder - Fairy Tale Review - 5
He Knew - Donald Antrim - The New Yorker - 1
The Visitor - Asako Serizawa - The Antioch Review - 4
Where Do You Go? - Samar Farah Fitzgerald - New England Review - 3
Aphrodisiac - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - The New Yorker - 1
Two Opinions - Joan Silber - Epoch - 3
They Find the Drowned - Melinda Moustakis - Hobart: another literary journal - 5
The Mexican - George McCormick - Epoch - 4
Tiger - Nalini Jones - One Story - 3
Pérou - Lily Tuck - Epoch - 4
Sinkhole - Jamie Quatro - Ploughshares - 3
The History of Girls - Ayşe Papatya Bucak - Witness - 4
The Particles - Andrea Barrett - Tin House - 5 ( )
  FlorenceArt | Mar 15, 2015 |
There is something refreshing about reading a good book of short stories. It is different than reading a book of fiction and different from reading a book of nonfiction. Like eating a tray of delicious and varied horderves. You may not like every single story but with this many to choose from and with this great variety and quality, you will enjoy a lot. ( )
  debnance | Nov 30, 2013 |
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Furman, LauraEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Antrim, DonaldContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Aw, TashContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Barrett, AndreaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Beattie, AnnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Binder, L. AnnetteContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bucak, Ayşe PapatyaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Eisenberg, DeborahContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Fitzgerald, Samar FarahContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Groff, LaurenJurorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jhabvala, Ruth PrawerContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jones, NaliniContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Link, KellyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McCormick, GeorgeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Moustakis, MelindaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Munro, AliceContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Palacio, DerekContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Quatro, JamieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rosenwaike, PollyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Serizawa, AsakoContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Shepard, JimJurorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Silber, JoanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tuck, LilyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pearlman, EdithJurorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

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"The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013 gathers twenty of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. The winning stories take place in such far-flung locales as a gorgeous sailboat in Hong Kong, a Cuban sugar plantation, the Kenai River in Alaska, a mansion in New Delhi, a ship torpedoed by a German U-boat, and the ghost-haunted rubble of a Turkish girls' school. Also included are the editor's introduction, essays from the jurors (Lauren Groff, Edith Pearlman, and Jim Shepard) on their favorite stories, observations from the winners on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines." -- Publisher's description.

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