Beautiful Indifference

Winner of the Portico PrizeWinner of the Edge Hill University Short Story PrizeShort-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story AwardEvery one of the seven tales here delights and disturbs in equal measure. The Beautiful Indifference illustrates that short fiction is indeed a finely wrought art form, and Hall is an artist of considerable and concise skill. Each story is a gem, but together they from a collection of astonishingly sensuous power. Sunday Times (London)Sarah Hall has been hailed as "e;one of the most significant and exciting of Britain's young novelists"e; (The Guardian). Now, in this remarkable collection of short fiction, she has created a work at once provocative and mesmerizing.