"From quiet reflection to explosive power dynamics in a marriage, Cocktail reveals the schism between the lives we build and our deepest inner selves. Underneath layers of wallpaper and plaster, a young housewife discovers two unnerving portraits. A...
"The cold increases with the clarity," said Thomas Bernhard while accepting a major literary prize in 1965. That clarity was the postwar realization that the West's last remaining cultural reference points were being swept away by the ever-greater...
"Alice wants a heart-shaped bed. Mary, Genevieve and Angelica want to know the future. June says she wants Lena to rescue her from a rat, but really she wants Lena to make out with her. Eve wants to get Wallace alone at the strawberry farm. Olivia just wants...
"Bradbury's first story collection heralds the arrival of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Each tale is marked with the characteristic genius - for the unusual and the uncanny, the unexamined and the unexplained - that would define his later...
"After a Dance is the compiled collection of short stories from acclaimed writer Bridget O'Connor, with an exclusive preface from the author's daughter, Constance Straughan. Bridget O'Connor was one of the great short story writers of her generation. She had a...
"In this startling collection of short fiction, Ama Asantewa Diaka creates a vibrant portrait of young Ghanaians' today, captured in the experiences of characters whose lives bump against one other in friendship, passion, hope, and heartache ... Diaka charts...
"Two teenage girls fixated on each other's bodies enter into a destructive competition; a woman's encounter with her ex forces her to reflect on the women's group that saved her; a couple's future is called into question after the damp expert they hire for...
"Into the Woods shows us the healing power of nature through a story set in the New Zealand bush. This candid yet unexpectedly beautiful little book follows the journey a grieving mother goes through after losing a child. Feeling alienated from the people...
"...stories celebrating warmth of connection, and the Kiwi phenomenon of one-degree-of-separation"--Back cover.
"In 'Barcelona', we meet a cast of characters who live turbulent inner lives. In a Spanish hotel room a marriage unravels as a young wife is haunted by a past love. A father travels to Paris to meet his scientist son and is exposed to his son's true nature. A...
"Beginning with a small centre, Granny Squares increase as the crochet pushes outwards. Similarly, these stories evolve from a small kernel to become snippets from life and musings on people... This is Josie Laird's third collection of short...
"Taken from the original omnibus Christmas at Fairacre, Miss Read's wonderfully festive collection of Christmas stories is packed with entertaining characters and enchanting stories. From the rural festivities in Village Christmas and Jingle Bells to the...
"Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series where we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. This edition is dedicated to the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political,...
"Candy Wilson has forgotten to buy the paprika. Turner Davis needs to get his zinnias in. Della Dorner told her mother she was going to Milky Freeze, but that's not where she's really headed on her new Schwinn five-speed. Float Up, Sing Down is the story of a...
"In the disquieting stories of Kind mirrors, ugly ghosts, a fractaled Claire Donato contemplates grief and disgust in heterosexuality, deconstructing the romance myth and the illicit fantasies which reflect our haunted selves. These fictions are populated with...
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