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The Book of Life
PicadorIn the Jewish tradition, there are ten days of repentance between the Jewish New Year and the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) when members of this faith ask for forgiveness for their sins so that God will write them in... -
The Scattering
SerenThe Scattering, written by prizewinning writer Jaki McCarrik, is built up of a collection of nineteen short stories, of which several have previously won awards. The nineteen stories, set mostly on the Irish border, all carry this sense of a... -
Brief Loves that Live Forever
MacLehose PressAndrei Makine's new book is a slim, solemn, dreamlike glimpse into the Russian past. in a series of short, oblique episodes, essentially short stories, an unnamed narrator recalls his life as an orphan in the Soviet era, the brutality and... -
Something Like Happy
Jonathan CapeThe characters in Burnside's stories are all struggling in different ways: caught in difficult marriages, lost in aimless lives, locked out of their own memories. In the title story, a young woman observes her sister's relationship with a local thug,... -
The Last Girlfriend on Earth
Serpent's TailThe back cover copy says, 'It doesn't matter if you're a caveman, a time traveller or a regular person: sooner or later, somebody's going to break your heart.' It is a pretty apt description of the topics Simon Rich explores... -
Every Short Story: 1952-2012
CanongateThe writer and illustrator Alasdair Gray, best known for his first novel, Lanark (1982), proves in this collection to be also an exceptional writer of short fiction. Each of these spare, fable-like stories contains more ideas than many writers manage... -
Granta 122
GrantaLiterary magazine Granta can rarely be described as an easy read, and that is maintined with 'Betrayal'. The issue opens with Janine di Giovanni's essay 'Seven Days in Syria', the first page of which features a description of a man... -
Vampires in the Lemon Grove
Chatto & WindusA new short story collection from Karen Russell is a joy. Her fascination with injecting fantasy and metaphysical characters into mundane situations and high drama family structures is a joy. There is something of the daydreaming child, thinking up the... -
Cold Sea Stories
Comma PressThe eleven complex, atmospheric tales in Cold Sea Stories are all set around the Baltic coast. In one story, a shepherd watches a pirate ship as a mysterious figure buries a chest on the beach; in another, a prisoner scrawls... -
Tenth of December
BloomsburyA new short story collection from George Saunders and the birds are singing, the internet isn't buffering, the sun is out. This master of the form isn't the most prolific of short story writers so this new collection is cause...
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