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One of Grossman's three great war novels - alongside Life and Fate and Stalingrad. "A significant, valuable addition to Grossman's small but powerful body of work" WILLIAM BOYD "A remarkable...

Queer, fabulist stories from a rising Asian American talent - Kundiman Fellow, National Book Award 5 Under 35 honoree, Lambda Literary finalist. Exploring themes of body, memory, queerness and family...

A collection of delightful short stories from one of Ireland's greatest ever writers, Brian Friel 'A fake! A quack! A charlatan! Get a grip on yourself, woman! We'll say another...

'Outstandingly weird and memorable' GUARDIAN 'Deliciously creepy' NEW SCIENTIST Fear never dies... Featuring stories from Susan Barker, J K Chukwu, Bridget Collins, Mariana Enriquez, Michel Faber, Lewis Hancox, Emilia Hart,...

A devious collection of short stories from the master of misdirection, featuring appearances from Lincoln Rhyme and Colter Shaw. Amongst the dead ends ... A murder at a crime writers'...

At midnight comes the point of balance. Of danger. The instant of utter stillness when between two beats of the heart, an alternative reality can slip through, like a blade...

World first publication of a previously unknown short satirical fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien, and accompanied by illustrations from the author together with an essay,...

A brand new anthology of previously unpublished and uncollected supernatural mysteries by some of the masters of the Golden Age - thrills, spills and chills perfect for Halloween. It is...

Eighty short stories by a master of the genre O. Henry's comic eye and unique, ironic approach to life's realities are unmatched. These stories-about con men and tricksters and "innocent"...

George Willard is a young reporter on the Winesburg Eagle to whom, one by one, the inhabitants of Winesburg, Ohio, confide their hopes, their dreams, and their fears. This town...

From the National Book Award-winning and bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlantic , comes a novella and three stories of immediate power and grace 'A superbly...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES/PETERS FRASER & DUNLOP YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION...

"The current volume of posthumous stories is the work of a master, a writer's writer--but a reader's too--an incomparable craftsman who wrote, let it be said, some of the finest...

DISCOVER DU MAURIER AT HER DARKEST A stunning collection of thirteen chilling stories from the Godmother of Fear, introduced by international bestseller Stephen King. *** 'Her talent is a bright...

A beautifully produced edition of a new cat tale from Doris Lessing. A new short story from Doris Lessing about an awkwardly loveable old cat, to be produced as a...

Strong heroines and riveting storytelling are the hallmark of groundbreaking fantasy author Kate Elliott ( Crown of Stars , Crossroads ). Elliott is a highly-compelling voice in genre fiction, an...

This fine collector's edition of Sir Author Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes features striking cover art from artist Laci Fowler and distinctive interior design elements, making it a...

A special edition collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime's legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by twelve remarkable bestselling and acclaimed authors. This collection of twelve original short...

Celebrating ten years of the leading literary prize for African fiction (dubbed "The African Booker"), 10 Years of the Caine Prize brings together the ten winning stories along with a...

Do you cover up or reveal it all; seek revenge or just reassurance; let the truth be naked as the day or cloaked in a night-time story? The men and...

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...

From the acclaimed author of Beasts of a Little Land and Reese's Book Club pick City of Night Birds , an exquisite story collection about humans in precarious balance with...

The fantastic new collection of stories from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain'. 'Fine Just The Way It Is' marks Annie Proulx's return to the...

Two friends fall under the spell of a New York beauty - with quite unexpected results. An offhand remark is taken seriously by a Chinese sculptor, and a British diplomat...

The fourteen short stories in To Cut a Long Story Short show Jeffrey Archer's great skills with a wide variety of character, of subject and of setting, but all with...

The book titled The Drover's Wife and Other Classic Stories by the author Henry Lawson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Gothic fiction is generally associated with the repertoire of claustrophobic settings, gloomy themes, and threatening atmosphere. However, later writers shifted the emphasis from cruelty to decadence, while modern Gothic is...

This collection of short stories resonates with the knowledge of life. The metaphor of art is a good one to apply here, for these are stories experienced and built on...

2024 LOCUS AWARD WINNER, BEST COLLECTION AND BEST NOVELETTE FOR 'PRINCE HAT UNDERGROUND' Seven modern fairytales from Pulitzer Prize finalist Kelly Link, featuring illustrations by award-winning artist Shaun Tan. Leaving...

From Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of BLONDE , now a major motion picture, a collection of four dark and compelling novellas about love gone wrong. The young...

'Saunders is funny and kind as ever, and his narrative virtuosity puts him up there with the best' Anne Enright, Guardian 'A triumph of storytelling' i paper 'A joy. 'Effortlessly...

The collected stories of Cixin Liu, international bestselling author of The Three-Body Problem . From cosmological horror to wry satire, from first contact to the end of everything, these 32...

Forever Rumpole - a hilarious new selection of the very best Rumpole stories by John Mortimer Horace Rumpole lives alongside Mr Pickwick and Bertie Wooster as one of the immortal...

'A literary giant, and one of my absolute favourite writers' Tayari Jones, author of AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE 'Gayl Jones is a literary legend' - Yara Rodrigues Fowler, author of THERE...

A charming new paperback edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien's major pieces of short fiction, and his only finished work dating from after the publication of The Lord of the...

An all-new collection of summer-themed mysteries from the master of the genre, just in time for the holiday season. Summertime - as the temperature rises, so does the potential for...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Three Women and Animal comes an electric masterclass in short fiction 'Fearless . . . This summer's must-read literary thriller' EVENING STANDARD 'Showcases...

One long hot summer Theresa drowns a wasps nest, and whilst digging amongst the tiny corpses in Mr Mordecai's back garden makes a much more sinister discovery. A young mother,...

'Pure delight' The Times Throughout her career, prize-winning novelist Jane Gardam has been writing glorious short stories, each one hallmarked with all the originality, poignancy, wry comedy and narrative brilliance...

What does it mean to be different in a world that values perfection, at any cost? 'Lottie's writing is a superb flight of the imagination' A.S. Byatt, author of Possession...

Nine women, nine stories, woven together in a stunning collection rooted in contemporary Nigeria Funmi Fetto's unforgettable debut brings to life the stories of nine Nigerian women as they navigate...

Filled with Maeve Binchy's trademark wit and true storytelling genius, "This Year It Will Be Different" powerfully evokes the lives of wives, husbands, children, friends and lovers.There are step-families grappling...

The book titled The Sixth Day and Other Tales by the author Primo Levi. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Melanie Cheng's vivid and absorbing panorama of Australian culture was the winner of the 2018 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction, and was shortlisted for the 2018 Indie Book Award...

In the title story a disillusioned businessman on impulse decides to call on an office colleague he has always slightly despised, and finds himself having to re-evaluate his own relationships...

One book. Five thrillers. No holds barred. including- DEAD MAN'S GIFT MP Tim Horton arrives home to find his seven-year-old son has been abducted - and the nanny brutally murdered....

'The Irish do love telling stories, and we are suspicious of people who don't have long, complicated conversations. There used to be a rule in etiquette books that you should...

With humour, wisdom and tenderness, Ann Packer offers ten short stories about women and men--wives and husbands, sisters and brothers, daughters, sons, mothers, fathers, friends, and lovers--who discover that life's...