TY - BOOK AU - Furman,Laura TI - The O. Henry Prize stories 2008 SN - 9780307280343 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Anchor Books KW - Short stories, American KW - American fiction KW - 21st century KW - United States KW - Social life and customs KW - Fiction N1 - PS648.S5; A composer and his parakeets / Ha Jin -- Other people's deaths / Lore Segal -- Village 113 / Anthony Doerr -- A change in fashion / Steven Millhauser -- The transitional object / Sheila Kohler -- On the lake / Olaf Olafsson -- Taiping / Brittani Sonnenberg -- What do you want to know for? / Alice Munro -- The necessity of certain behaviors / Shannon Cain -- A game of cards / Rose Tremain -- Touch / Alexi Zentner -- Bad neighbors / Edward P. Jones -- Every move you make / David Malouf -- Scenes from the life of the only girl in Water Shield, Alaska / Tony Tulathimutte -- The bullock run / Roger McDonald -- Prison / Yiyun Li -- Bye-bye Natalia / Michel Faber -- Folie aÌ deux / William Trevor -- The little boy / Mary Gaitskill -- A little history of modern music / William H. Gass ER -