Short Stories

'Moved me, inspired me, thrilled me. It filled up every chamber of my heart. I loved this book' - Ann PatchettWriters & Lovers established Lily...

Even time travel cant unravel loveTime-travel is a way for writers to play with history and imagine different futures for better, or worse.When ro...

The first ever English collection of stories by Johannes Urzidil - a friend of Kafka and an unjustly overlooked writerA maid who is unexpectedly be...

The lives of the working class in West Virginiaa train engineer, an epileptic, coal miners and outlaws, the fragile and dispossessedare explored in...

Modern Japanese Short Stories is a remarkable collection of Japanese stories from the pioneers of contemporary Japanese literature. This volume's t...

A saint is crucified on the same Mediterranean island where, centuries later, a Japanese soprano recovers her lost voice. Youths throw a rock throu...

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners of Brazilian Portuguese.Olly's top-notc...

From one of America's preeminent literary voices comes a new story collection that proves once again why the writing of Luis Alberto Urrea has been...

The Elephant (1957) is Slawomir Mrozek's award-winning collection of hilarious and unnerving short stories, satirising life in Poland under a total...