Name: The Best Short Stories 2021: The o. Henry Prize Winners (o. Henry Prize Collection)
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Author: Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi ; Minton, Jenny
ISBN: 9780593311257

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The Best Short Stories 2021: The o. Henry Prize Winners (o. Henry Prize Collection)

Type

Physical Book

Illustrated by

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Jenny Minton

Publisher

Anchor Books

Author

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi ; Minton, Jenny

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

400

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.6 x 13.0 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN13

9780593311257

Synopsis "The Best Short Stories 2021: The o. Henry Prize Winners (o. Henry Prize Collection) "

Twenty prizewinning stories selected from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year--continuing the O. Henry Prize's century-long tradition of literary excellence. "Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction." --The Atlantic Monthly. Now entering its second century, the prestigious annual story anthology has a new title, a new look, and a new guest editor. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has brought her own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and young emerging voices. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Adichie, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction. Featured in this collection: Daphne Palasi Andreades - David Means - Sindya Bhanoo - Crystal Wilkinson - Alice Jolly - David Rabe - Karina Sainz Borgo (translator, Elizabeth Bryer) - Jamel Brinkley - Tessa Hadley - Adachioma Ezeano - Anthony Doerr - Tiphanie Yanique - Joan Silber - Jowhor Ile - Emma Cline - Asali Solomon - Ben Hinshaw - Caroline Albertine Minor (translator, Caroline Waight) - Jianan Qian - Sally Rooney

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria, 1977) is a Nigerian writer, novelist, playwright. At the age of nineteen, she obtained a scholarship to study communication and political science in Philadelphia. Later, she pursued creative writing at Johns Hopkins University in Portland and earned a master's degree in African studies at Yale University. Her renowned TEDx Talk Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, has become one of the most widely disseminated and read feminist speeches of all time. Currently, she lives between Nigeria and the United States.

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