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The Devil's Disciple
Hesperus PressShiro Hamao's pair of gulp-sized short stories, 'The Devil's Disciple' and 'Did He Kill Them?' are published in English for the first time, and the only disappointment is that we cannot reach for more of his work. Hamao was born... -
Married Love
Jonathan CapeFirst, I must admit that I never read short stories. I’d rather become engrossed in a longer novel than have to settle into a new set of characters and a new setting every few pages. But Tessa Hadley’s Married Love... -
We Others
CorsairThere’s something wonderfully off-key about this collection of Pulitzer winner Steven Millhauser’s short stories. Taking in a 30 year survey of his work, it’s fascinating to see that while his style has warped and shifted over time, he has remained... -
In the Orchard, the Swallows
FaberAward-winning short story writer Peter Hobbs is back, this time with a beautiful heart-wrenching short novel set in Pakistan. After fifteen years of brutality in a prison that have marked and tortured him, made him into a broken man with... -
Too Asian Not Asian Enough
Tindal Street PressA new collection of short stories from up-and-coming and established British Asian authors that tries to reconcile the gap between the school of Kureishi and the school of Shamsie. The book's introduction by Kavita Bhanot bravely sets out the message... -
The Beautiful Indifference
FaberThe Beautiful Indifference is a concise and intense collection of seven short stories, in which Hall does not waste a word in her exposition of female strength and sexuality. The opening story, 'Butcher's Perfume', shortlisted for the BBC National Short... -
Saints and Sinners
FaberIrish author Edna O'Brien has been writing short stories for more than forty years. This collection, which has just won the Frank O'Connor International Award, demonstrates that she remains a master of the short story. Its scope, depth and the... -
Granta 116
GrantaTen years later, where are we looking? How do we see things differently? From Ground Zero to Kampala to London to Mumbai, the echoes are still heard, the impact is still felt. The way we interact, the way we travel,... -
Malgudi Days
Here Narayan portrays an astrologer, a snake-charmer, a postman, a vendor of pies and chappatis - all kinds of people, drawn in full colour and endearing domestic detail. And under his magician's touch the whole imaginary city of Malgudi springs... -
How I Became a Holy Mother and Other Stories
Capuchin Classics‘Someone once said that the definition of the highest art is that one should feel that life is this and not otherwise. I do not know of a writer living who gives that feeling with more unqualified certainty than Mrs...
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