Edited by James Cochrane This collection offers twenty-one stories from the literature of America, a nation which has always been particularly at home in this form, and which has produced...

Chingiz Aitmatov Avidiy Kallistratov is a religious idealist with a mission. In his quest to get rid of evil, he begins by investigating marijuana production and witnesses abuse, alcoholism and...

Alice Munro Carried Away is a dazzling selection of stories–seventeen favorites chosen by the author from across her distinguished career.Alice Munro has been repeatedly hailed as one of our greatest living...

Carlos Fuentes Mexico, 1991: Black acid rain falls on "Makesicko City," the most polluted, most populated city in the world. Amid this apocalyptic landscape a prize is being offered to...

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Ali Smith O brave new world, that has such people in't.Once upon a time not very far from now, two children come home to find a line of wet red...

Caryn Rose Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose. Through her poetry, her songs, her unapologetic...

Natalia Ginzburg ‘If Ferrante is a friend, Ginzburg is a mentor.’ GuardianMichele is the beloved only son of a large, dysfunctional family in 1970s Rome. Headstrong and independent, he has disappeared...

Shehan Karunatilaka A searing satire set amid the murderous mayhem of Sri Lanka beset by civil warColombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, has woken up dead...

Salman Rushdie When powerful real-estate tycoon Nero Golden immigrates to the States under mysterious circumstances, he and his three adult children assume new identities, taking 'Roman' names, and move into...

Tommy Orange LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Wandering Stars is the kind of book that saves lives' Kaveh Akbar, author of Martyr!'Among the tragedy .......

Alice Munro Winner of the nobel prize in literaturespanning her last five collections and bringing together her finest work from the past fifteen years, this new selection of alice munros...