Category: Fiction
The publication of A Manual for Cleaning Women, Lucia Berlin's dazzling collection of short stories, marked the rediscovery of a writer whose talent had gone unremarked by many. The incredible reaction to Lucia's writing - her ability to capture the beauty and ugliness that coexist in everyday lives, t ...Show more
Category: Short Stories
Named a Summer Read byVanity Fair, The Guardian,Nylon, Bustleand Literary Hub One ofGranta's Best Young American novelists, Catherine Lacey, the Whiting Award-winning author ofThe Answers, showcases her literary style in short fiction withCertain American States, a collection of stories about ordinary ...Show more
Category: Short Stories
"The selections are good and the translations are excellent."―Germaine Bree, New York UniversityDrawn from two centuries of French literature, these superb selections by ten great writers span a wide variety of styles, philosophies, and literary creeds. The stories reflect not only the beliefs of variou ...Show more
Category: Short Stories
Outstanding new fiction from the Miles Franklin-shortlisted author of Blood In this breathtaking new work, Tony Birch affirms his position as one of Australia’s finest writers of short-form fiction. Using his unflinching creative gaze, he ponders love and loss and faith. A trio of amateur thieves ...Show more
Category: Short Stories
Haunting, uplifting, beautiful: the final work from Helen Dunmore Helen Dunmore passed away in June 2017, leaving behind this remarkable collection of short stories. With her trademark imagination and gift for making history human, she explores the fragile ties between passion, love, family, friendship ...Show more
Category: Short Stories
"Every bit as smart, sensitive, funny, and genuine as her phenomenally popular novels,"* a dazzling collection from the New York Times bestselling author of Prep, American Wife, and Eligible "I really loved all the characters in this book. They're so complex and interestin ...Show more
Category: Short Stories
A brilliant, critically acclaimed collection of short stories about love and what it means to be loved, by the bestselling, award-winning author of Leaning Towards Infinity, Painted Woman and The Secret Cure 'Elegant and satisfying, and so percipient of human yearning and loss.' Tom Keneally Written i ...Show more
Category: Short Stories
AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR AN EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR The first-ever collection of short stories from Jeffrey Eugenides, the bestselling author of Middlesex, The Virgin Suicides and The Marriage Plot, explores characters in the midst of personal and national emergencies. Kendall has failed a ...Show more
Category: Short Stories
'Wildfire Johnny' is the story of a man who discovers a magic razor that allows him to travel back in time. 'Scroll Through the Weapons' is about a couple taking care of their underfed and almost feral nieces and nephews. 'Signal to the Faithful' follows a boy as he takes a tense road trip with his prie ...Show more
