Results for: books tagged ‘Short Stories’
Acky: George Ewart Evans
Acky is a unique and simple collection of stories about country life in Suffolk. As the author says: ‘You won’t find the names of Akerman Flatt and his wife, Sarah, ... More
Antarctica: Claire Keegan
From the opening story about a married woman who takes a trip to the city with a single purpose in mind - to sleep with another man - Antarctica draws ... More
Birds of America: Lorrie Moore
Lorrie Moore's dazzling collection of stories is remarkable for its range, emotional force and dark humour, and for the sheer beauty and power of its language. It unfolds a startlingly ... More
The Blue Lantern: Victor Pelevin
The short stories of Victor Pelevin are as individual, reality-warping and endlessly inventive as his novels, moving effortlessly between different genres and moods, bursting with absurd wit and existential satire. ... More
The Body and Other Stories: Hanif Kureishi
The centrepiece of Hanif Kureishi's brilliant new collection of fiction delves into the fascinating concept of personal identity, and the extent to which this is rooted in our physical being.Middle-aged ... More
Born Losers: Barbara Skelton
Born Losers, published in 1965, and Barbara Skelton's second book, is a collection of short stories.'Miss Skelton's twelve stories are sharp and stark and have an almost maniacal lucidity. Her ... More
Boyfriends and Girlfriends: Douglas Dunn
The stories in Boyfriends and Girlfriends are set mainly in Scotland and show an unprejudiced eye for characters and their foibles at all levels of society.'A true short-story writer, and ... More
Cold Snap: Thom Jones
Thom Jones's second collection of stories takes its readers into an edgy, overadrenalized world of desire, mania and rage. Following his extraordinary debut in The Pugilist at Rest, Thom Jones ... More
Collected Stories: Peter Carey
Peter Carey is justly renowned for his novels, which have included such masterworks as Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang. He is also a dazzling writer ... More
The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore: Lorrie Moore
Lorrie Moore’s first collection of short stories, Self-Help, was published in 1985 when she was twenty-seven years old. This volume of intimate, funny, melancholic stories about lovers, loneliness and never ... More
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