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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The 58th annual anthology of the best in American contemporary short fiction--the O. Henry Awards. Eighteen stories include contributions from Woody Allen, Joyce Carol Oats, Tim O'Brien, Mark Helprin and other great writers of the 1970s. Tan boards, black spine with gold-color lettering, 308 pp., jacket. Minimal wear, gift note dated 1978 on front free endpaper, clean text, tight binding, neatly price-clipped jacket in nice condition overall.
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Garden City. 1978. Doubleday. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0385128479. 208 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature America Anthology. FROM THE PUBLISHER-The eighteen stories selected in the 58th annual anthology of the O. Henry Awards-the best in American contemporary short fiction-include contributions from Joyce Carol Oates, Mark Schorer, Robert Henson, Alice Adams, Harold Brodkey, Max Apple, Josephine Jacobsen, and Susan Fromberg Schaeffer. And First Prize has been awarded to an imaginative new writer of fiction, none other than actor-director-comedian Woody Allen, for 'The Kugelmass Episode, ' a delightful fantasy about a discontented middle-aged man who is offered the chance of a lifetime: an affair with the literary heroine of his choice! With an illuminating introduction by William Abrahams, PRIZE STORIES continues its distinguished tradition of recognizing America's finest literary talent. CONTENTS-Woody Allen/THE KUGELMASS EPISODE; Mark Schorer/A LAMP; Robert Henson/THE UPPER AND THE LOWER MILLSTONE; Alice Adams/BEAUTIFUL GIRL; Max Apple/PADDYCAKE, PADDYCAKE: A MEMOIR; Susan Engberg/PASTORALE; Blair Fuller/ALL RIGHT; Joyce Carol Oates/THE TATTOO; Josephine Jacobsen/JACK FROST; Tim O'Brien/SPEAKING OF COURAGE; Jessie Schell/UNDEVELOPED PHOTOGRAPHS; John J. Clayton/BODIES LIKE MOUTHS; Curt Leviant/LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ORIGINAL MUSIC OF THE HEBREW ALPHABET; Harold Brodkey/VERONA: A YOUNG WOMAN SPEAKS; James Schevill/A HERO IN THE HIGHWAY; Edith Pearlman/HANGING FIRE; Mark Helprin/THE SCHREUDERSPITZE; Susan Fromberg Schaeffer/THE EXACT NATURE OF PLOT. inventory #8018.
