Andre Dubus is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest American short-story writers of our age; Dancing After Hours is his first collection for nearly a decade. In each of these …
A Girl's Arm is a collection of stories homing in on the pressure points in the lives of its characters. Although a mixed bag from a variety of backgrounds - an apparently …
A collection of stories about African Americans from all walks of life who reside in Homewood, a black section of Pittsburgh - stories about ancestors, family and lovers caught up …
'Sinclair matches his brisk and original intelligence with an abundant yet sharply controlled prose that makes "The Lady with the Laptop" a hugely enjoyable and stimulating …
This is the tale of Guy Grand, eccentric billionaire and the last of the big spenders. His ultimate goal is to prove his theory that there is nothing too degrading or too …
Gathers together prose from ten countries which seek cultural integration with the rest of Europe and brings to the fore the vitality and range of fiction from these countries: …
This erotic tale centres around the impossibly sweet Candy Christian, a wide-eyed, luscious, all-American girl. The story chronicles her adventures with mystics, sexual analysts, …
God Dies by the Nile is Saadawi's attempt to square religion with a society in which women are respected as equals; Searching expresses the poignancy of loss and doubt with the …
'Anexquisite collection from an exciting new voice in short fiction' LadyA woman battles bluebottles as she plots an ill-judged encounter with a stranger; a young husband commutes …
