Complete Works and Other Stories (Monterroso Augusto)(Paperback)

Complete Works and Other Stories (Monterroso Augusto)(Paperback)

Augusto Monterroso is widely known for short stories characterized by brilliant satire and wit. Yet behind scathing allusions to the weaknesses and defects of the artistic and intellectual worlds, they show his generous and expansive sense of compassion.This book brings together for the first time

Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Kafka Franz)(Paperback / softback)

Love and Friendship: And Other Youthful Writings (Austen Jane)(Paperback)

Austen's hilarious early stories and sketches--complete with her delightfully quirky spelling habits--now collected in one volume, including Lady Susan, the basis for Whit Stillman's feature film Love and Friendship starring Kate Beckinsale and Chlo Sevigny Jane Austen's earliest writing dates

The Complete Madame Realism and Other Stories (Tillman Lynne)(Paperback)

The complete art world story/essays of the fictional Madame Realism, collected for the first time.The Complete Madame Realism and Other Stories gathers together Lynne Tillman's groundbreaking fiction/essays on culture and places, monuments, artworks, iconic TV shows, and received ideas, written in

The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories (Quiroga Horacio)(Paperback)

Tales of horror, madness, and death, tales of fantasy and morality: these are the works of South American master storyteller Horacio Quiroga. Author of some 200 pieces of fiction that have been compared to the works of Poe, Kipling, and Jack London, Quiroga experienced a life that surpassed in

Inari Smi Folklore: Stories from Aanaar (Koskimies August V.)(Paperback)

A rich multivoiced anthology of folktales, legends, joik songs, proverbs, riddles, and other verbal art, this is the most comprehensive collection of S mi oral tradition available in English to date. Collected by August V. Koskimies and Toivo I. Itkonen in the 1880s from nearly two dozen

Queen of Spades and Other Stories (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

This collection of Pushkin's shorter fiction contains a number of lesser-known works by Pushkin which are not easily available in English, including the novel Dubrovsky and the stories Egyptian Nights and Peter the Great's

Natasha: And Other Stories (Bezmozgis David)(Paperback)

Now a Major Motion Picture A dazzling debut--and a publishing phenomenon--Natasha: And Other Stories is the tender, savagely funny collection from a young immigrant who has taken the critics by storm.Few readers had heard of David Bezmozgis before May 2003, when Harper's, Zoetrope, and The New

Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories (Blackwood Algernon)(Paperback)

'Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories' is a collection of supernatural stories by one of the greatest writers of such stories to have ever lived, Algernon Blackwood. This collection contains the title story, 'Ancient Sorceries', which is the tale of a tourist who becomes enchanted by a strange

Godfall and Other Stories (Odell Sandra)(Paperback / softback)

In Godfall and Other Stories, writer Sandra M. Odell presents 22 stories that move from riveting to weird to horrifying, exploring dark, dark places of human (and not-so-human) beings. What happens when the gods start falling dead from the sky? Why can't a cactus marry a gila monster? When a boy

Regression and Other Stories (Gelman Andrew)(Paperback)

Dear Science and Other Stories (McKittrick Katherine)(Paperback)

In Dear Science and Other Stories Katherine McKittrick presents a creative and rigorous study of black and anticolonial methodologies. Drawing on black studies, studies of race, cultural geography, and black feminism as well as a mix of methods, citational practices, and theoretical frameworks, she

The Gambler and Other Stories (Dostoyevsky Fyodor)(Paperback)

The Gambler and Other Stories is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's collection of one novella and six short stories reflecting his own life - indeed, 'The Gambler', a story of a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian General, was written under a strict deadline so he could pay off his

The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington (Carrington Leonora)(Paperback)

'Complete Stories, a collection of Carrington's published and unpublished short stories--many newly translated from their original French and Spanish--is a terrific introduction to her bizarre, dreamlike worlds.' --Carmen Maria Machado, NPR Surrealist writer and painter Leonora Carrington

Bound Man, and Other Stories (Aichinger Ilse)(Paperback / softback)

The Bound Man is storytelling for our times. Here we find works of fiction where a present darkness and obscurity usher extraordinary performances into the light of day: a man bound hand and foot; a death told in reverse; a speech under the gallows. Written with disarming simplicity, this

The Queen of Spades and Other Stories (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback)

This volume contains new translations of four of Pushkin's best works of fiction. The Queen of Spades has long been acknowledged as one of the world's greatest short stories, in which Pushkin explores the nature of obsession. The Tales of Belkin are witty parodies of sentimentalism, while Peter the

Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories: And Other Stories (Cisneros Sandra)(Paperback)

A collection of stories by Sandra Cisneros, the celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street and the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. The lovingly drawn characters of these stories give voice to the vibrant and varied life on both sides

Dimanche and Other Stories (Nemirovsky Irene)(Paperback / softback)

Skin and Other Stories (Dahl Roald)(Paperback / softback)

Guys and Dolls - and Other Stories (Runyon Damon)(Paperback / softback)

Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (Christie Agatha)(Paperback)

Agatha Christie demonstrates her unparalleled mastery with Three Blind Mice and Other Stories--a classic compendium of mystery and suspense, crime and detection, whose title novella served as the basis for The Mousetrap, the longest running stage play in the history of the London theater.A blinding

Girlfriends, Ghosts, and Other Stories (Walser Robert)(Paperback)

Girlfriends, Ghosts, and Other Stories brings together eighty-one brief texts spanning Robert Walser's career, from pieces conceived amid his early triumphs to later works written at a psychiatric clinic in Bern. Many were published in the feuilleton sections of newspapers during Walser's life;

Boulevard Wren and Other Stories (Boatclub Blindboy)(Paperback)

Boulevard Wren and Other Stories is the stunning follow-up to the bestselling Gospel According to Blindboy, and a warped mirror held up to the Irish psyche.Provocative and unsettling, the stories rove through the centuries, from the barren fields of Famine-struck Meath to the chaotic landscape of

Scent of Almonds and Other Stories (Lackberg Camilla)(Paperback / softback)

THE SCENT OF ALMONDS AND OTHER STORIES is a collection of short stories from the No.1 international bestseller Camilla Lackberg. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo