   Add to Cart  The O. Henry Prize Stories 2006    Author
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author   Editorial Reviews  A new, wider-ranging selection
process (allowing the consideration of all English-language
writers appearing in North American publications regardless of
citizenship) makes this one of the strongest O. Henry
collections in recent years, with stories by, among others,
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ("The American Embassy"), A.S. Byatt
("The Thing in the Forest") and William Trevor ("Sacred
Statues"). Other standouts include Anthony Doerr's "The Shell
Collector," which details the daily rituals of a blind shell
gatherer; Bradford Morrow's "Lush," the tale of an alcoholic
husband forced to confront the possibility of redemption after
the loss of his equally addicted wife; and the enchantingly
bucolic "Swept Away" by T. Coraghessan Boyle, in which a strange
set of circumstances brings together a grizzled Scotsman and a
demure American birdwatcher. Ann Harleman incorporates