The Story: Love Great Short Stories for Women by Women

The Story: Love Great Short Stories for Women by Women Synopsis

'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.

The Story: Love Great Short Stories for Women by Women Press Reviews

'A rich feast.' Nigella Lawson. 'Beautiful ... glittering ... The scope is wide, rich and often unexpected ... it blows Bridget out of the water' Independent. 'This huge, beautiful book is a treasure chest ... a collection so good, it's essential' The Times. '[This] has given me more pleasure this year than almost all the rest of my reading put together.' Mariella Frostrup.

Book Information

ISBN:	9781781856642
Publication date:	19th June 2014
Author:	Victoria Hislop
Publisher:	Head of Zeus
Format:	Paperback / softback
Pagination:	432 pages
Categories:	Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short stories,

About Victoria Hislop

Victoria Hislop read English at Oxford. Her first novel, THE ISLAND, was Number One for eight consecutive weeks and has sold over two million copies worldwide. Her books have been translated into more than 25 languages.

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