'Love is, of course, a central preoccupation of literature...'
Victoria Hislop, bestselling author and champion of the short story, has chosen her favourite short stories by women writers. Here are prizewinners, famous wits, well-known feminists, national treasures and rising stars.
Love is represented in this volume in all its guises - romantic, maternal, happy and haunting.
CONTRIBUTORS: Katherine Mansfield, Dorothy Parker, Doris Lessing, Margaret Drabble, Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood, Ellen Gilchrist, Alice Walker, Mavis Gallant, Carol Shields, Anne Enright, Elspeth Davie, Alison Lurie, Jennifer Egan, Jeanette Winterson, Claire Boylan, Maggie Gee, Colette Paul, Rachel Seiffert, Yiyun Li, Nadine Gordimer, Miranda July, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Carys Davies, Alison MacLeod, Emma Donoghue, Roshi Fernando, M. J. Hyland and Avril Joy.
| ISBN: | 9781781856642 |
| Publication date: | 19th June 2014 |
| Author: | Victoria Hislop |
| Publisher: | Head of Zeus an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 415 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
'Love is, of course, a central preoccupation of literature...'
Victoria Hislop, bestselling author and champion of the short story, has chosen her favourite short stories by women writers. Here are prizewinners, famous wits, well-known feminists, national treasures and rising stars.
Love is represented in this volume in all its guises - romantic, maternal, happy and haunting.
CONTRIBUTORS: Katherine Mansfield, Dorothy Parker, Doris Lessing, Margaret Drabble, Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood, Ellen Gilchrist, Alice Walker, Mavis Gallant, Carol Shields, Anne Enright, Elspeth Davie, Alison Lurie, Jennifer Egan, Jeanette Winterson, Claire Boylan, Maggie Gee, Colette Paul, Rachel Seiffert, Yiyun Li, Nadine Gordimer, Miranda July, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Carys Davies, Alison MacLeod, Emma Donoghue, Roshi Fernando, M. J. Hyland and Avril Joy.
Love features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
Love is available in Paperback
Love was written by Victoria Hislop and published by Head of Zeus an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Love has 415 pages
£8.09