| The Pushcart Book of Short Stories Contributor(s): Henderson, Bill (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1888889284 ISBN-13: 9781888889284 Publisher: Pushcart Press OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2008 Annotation: This monumental collection celebrates the best short story fiction published in the Pushcart Prize editions from over the past three decades. Forty-five stories were selected from over one thousand. As "Booklist" commented when the hardcover edition was published: "This peerless collection features past winners of the Pushcart Prize, the prestigious award that honors fiction published by independent publishing houses. Indeed, the table of contents read like a who's who of contemporary fiction with such authors as Tobias Wolfe, Cynthia Ozick, Andre Dubus, Edward P. Jones, Patricia Hampl, Ha Jin, and dozens more. Each of these stories represents an author working at the peak of his or her craft." The Pushcart Prize series has consistently tracked the development of contemporary writing throughout much of recent literary history from the traditional to the experimental. All of these riches are collected in this unsurpassed eclectic gathering. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.85" H x 6.19" W x 9.12" (2.29 lbs) 550 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since 1976, The Pushcart Prize has been the single best measure of the state of affairs in American literature today, according to the New York Times Book Review. Many of today's celebrated short story authors received their first national recognition in the Pushcart Prize; over the years the series has tracked the development of the form, encompassing all its enthusiasms from traditional to experimental in an unsurpassed eclectic gathering. Over 500 stories from all the editions were considered for this memorable and enduring volume, and the final selections include some of the major writers of our time, almost all of them discovered in The Pushcart Prize at the start of their vocations. The list includes Raymond Carver, John Irving, David Kranes, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Jayne Anne Phillips, Cynthia Ozick, Janet Peery, Liza Wieland, Susan Minot, Mona Simpson, Tim O'Brien, Rick Bass, Richard Ford, Alistair MacLeod, Padgett Powell, Josip Novakovich, Ha Jin, Bobbie Ann Mason, Rick Moody, and many more. |
Contributor Bio(s): Henderson, Bill: - "Bill Henderson is the founder and editor of the Pushcart Prize. He received the 2006 National Book Critic Circle's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Poets & Writers / Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award. He is also the author of several memoirs, including All My Dogs: A Life. The founder of the Lead Pencil Club, Henderson lives on Long Island and In Maine where he runs the Pushcart bookstore - "the world's smallest bookstore."" |