Lips the colour of blood, the sun an unprecedented orange, train wheels that sound like 'guilt, and guilt, and guilt': these are just some of the things Mary Ventura begins to notice on her journey to
An unnamed protagonist is on holiday with her new, much-married lover, in the company of the monstrously rich. 'How long would she last? It would be uppermost in all their minds.' Each day, while the
'On the whole, it was easier than I had expected. Only once did I feel myself at risk. That was when the Inspector suddenly intervened. He said in a harsh voice: "He married your wife, didn't he? Took
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.Between his second and third tours of duty, a soldier returns h
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.'You have to marry outside your clan,' she said. 'That's law. A
南方哥德文學經典《好人難遇》，看歐康納筆下的小人物，如何掙扎著構築出想望的一切，再輕輕巧巧地摧毀與被摧毀。那些苦心撐起的、視之至重的，轉瞬間皆歸於虛無。炎夏將至，人性中不怎麼美好的那一面也許能讓你自心底竄起一絲涼意。A family sets out on a road trip in the American South. The grandmother suggests they change course in order to avoid "The Misfit", an escaped convict who's reportedly heading towards Florida. But when their car turns over in a ditch, who should they flag down for help but the very man whose picture they recognise from the paper . . .Flannery O'Connor's famous fifties story evokes heat and dust, family and feuding, God and grace - and is utterly uncompromising in its brutality.
Well, thought Belacqua, it's a quick death, God help us all. It is not. 'Dante and the Lobster' is the first of the linked short stories in Samuel Beckett's first book, More Pricks Than Kicks. Publish
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.Of course, of everybody of whom this particular hero was suspic
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.Who was she? Where was she going? Why did she return?It is 1945
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.'Be sure you don't answer the door to anyone you don't know.'A
When Ray turns up to visit his old university friends Charlie and Emily, he's given a special task: to be so much his useless self that he makes Charlie look good by comparison. But Ray has his own bu
The government has cleaned up Harare for the Queen of England's visit. 'The townships are too full of people, they said, gather them up and put them in the places the Queen will not see.' Four waves o
As he stood up, he suddenly felt aroused by Mrs Shaw's large breasts, boy's haircut, and little-girl sneakers. Even her nostrils suggested a frank sexuality. Gopal wanted to put his hands on her waist
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.This heart is sore and sad. Crossed in love?The manuscript of '
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.A chance encounter leads a man to spend the afternoon with an o
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.A wily cat, a strange romance, detestable daughters: the great
In perhaps the most magnificent of what he called his 'strange stories', Robert Aickman blurs the lines between memory, premonition and the hallucinated life. Lene, a woman now recovering from the los
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.You try every trick in the book to keep her. You write her lett
