The Best Short Stories 2022 - The O. Henry Prize Winners

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The prestigious annual story anthology includes prize-winning stories by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Lorrie Moore, Olga Tokarczuk, Joseph O'Neill, and Samanta Schweblin.

"Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction." The Atlantic Monthly

Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Valeria Luiselli has brought her own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and emerging voices and including stories in translation from Bengali, Greek, Hebrew, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, and Spanish. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Luiselli, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction. AN ANCHOR BOOKS O RIGINAL.

THE WINNING STORIES:

Screen Time, by Alejandro Zambra,
translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell

The Wolves of Circassia, by Daniel Mason

Mercedes s Special Talent, by Tere Dávila,
translated from the Spanish by Rebecca Hanssens-Reed

Rainbows, by Joseph O Neill

A Way with Bea, by Shanteka Sigers

Seams, by Olga Tokarczuk,
translated from the Polish by Jennifer Croft

The Little Widow from the Capital, by Yohanca Delgado

Lemonade, by Eshkol Nevo,
translated from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverston

Breastmilk, by Pemi Aguda

The Old Man of Kusumpur, by Amar Mitra,
translated from the Bengali by Anish Gupta

Where They Always Meet, by Christos Ikonomou,
translated from the Greek by Karen Emmerich

Fish Stories, by Janika Oza

Horse Soup, by Vladimir Sorokin,
translated from the Russian by Max Lawton

Clean Teen, by Francisco Go nzález

Dengue Boy, by Michel Nieva,
translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer

Zikora, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Apples, by Gunnhild Øyehaug,
translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson

Warp and Weft, by David Ryan

Face Time, by Lorrie Moore

An Unlucky Man, by Samanta Schweblin,
translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

Foreword by Jenny Minton Quigley, series editor
Introduction by Valeria Luiselli, guest editor

Screen Time, by Alejandro Zambra,
translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell

The Wolves of Circassia, by Daniel Mason

Mercedes s Special Talent, by Tere Dávila,
translated from the Spanish by Rebecca Hanssens-Reed

Rainbows, by Joseph O Neill

A Way with Bea, by Shanteka Sigers

Seams, by Olga Tokarczuk,
translated from the Polish by Jennifer Croft

The Little Widow from the Capital, by Yohanca Delgado

Lemonade, by Eshkol Nevo,
translated from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverston

Breastmilk, by Pemi Aguda

The Old Man of Kusumpur, by Amar Mitra,
translated from the Bengali by Anish Gupta

Where They Always Meet, by Christos Ikonomou,
translated from the Greek by Karen Emmerich

Fish Stories, by Janika Oza

Horse Soup, by Vladimir Soro kin,
translated from the Russian by Max Lawton

Clean Teen, by Francisco González

Dengue Boy, by Michel Nieva,
translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer

Zikora, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Apples, by Gunnhild Øyehaug,
translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson

Warp and Weft, by David Ryan

Face Time, by Lorrie Moore

An Unlucky Man, by Samanta Schweblin,
translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell