Results for: books tagged ‘Short Stories’
Modern Short Stories I: Jim Hunter
The Darker Proof: Adam Mars-Jones and Edmund White
The Darker Proof, an anthology of stories about suffering with the HIV virus, was first published in 1987 to critical acclaim. This updated version, which includes stories by Adam Mars-Jones ... More
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The Lantern Lecture: Adam Mars-Jones
Modern Short Stories II: Jim Hunter
This collection is a companion to the long-established and highly successful Modern Short Stories One and its essential aims are the same: to offer stories of high literary quality which, ... More
The Pugilist at Rest: Thom Jones
Thom Jones's magnificent first collection of stories presents a brutal vision of the human condition, in a world without mercy or redemption. The Pugilist at Rest gives us an America ... More
Over Nine Waves: Marie Heaney
'These legends are the action-packed stories - of ancient heroes, huge battles, attempted invasions, prophecies and spells, clashes between the underworld and the real world, abductions, love affairs and feasts ... 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
Difficulties of a Bridegroom: Ted Hughes
'These nine pieces hang together, in my mind, as an accompaniment to my poems'. So wrote Ted Hughes in the foreword to this collection, taken from forty years of occasional ... More
Skin: Tobias Hill
Skin was Tobias Hill's stunning first collection of stories. The long title story, 'Skin', explores the Japanese underworld - an expansive tale of tattoos and acid and murder. In 'No ... More
Homeland: Barbara Kingsolver
Over landscapes ranging from northern California and the urban Southwest to the hills of eastern Kentucky and the Caribbean island of St Lucia, Barbara Kingsolver tells stories of hope, momentary ... More
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