Since his first collection of stories, Descent of Man, appeared in 1979, T.C. Boyle has become an acknowledged master of the form who has transformed the nature of short fiction in our time. Among the fourteen tales in his seventh collection are...
Siedemnastoletnia Emerson uwielbia gry komputerowe i seriale na Discovery, za to nie zależy jej na wyglądzie ani powodzeniu. I nagle staje się zupełnie inną dziewczyną: po dziwnym wypadku budzi się w ciele...
Asking how it is possible to feel at home in the world, given that the world is independent of and indifferent to our wishes, this text draws on books, films and cultural history to argue that we can feel comfortable in the world and in...
What really happened at the back of the bus?
Did they, or didn't they?
Did she, or didn't she?
Something happened to fourteen-year-old Maisie Willard - something involving her three friends, all boys. But their stories don't match, and the rumors...
In presenting Joe Simpson with the 1988 Boardman Tasker Award, Janet Adam Smith said that Touching the
Void was ‘a story far beyond what any respectable fiction writer would dare to invent. It’s all true but the
telling has all the force of...
A story from one of Japan’s rising literary stars about memory, loss, and love, Touring the Land of the Dead is a mesmerizing combination of two tales, both told with stylistic inventiveness and breathtaking sensitivity.
Taichi was forced to...
Cela fait deux ans que Paul Hansen purge sa peine dans la prison provinciale de Montréal, où il partage une cellule avec Horton, un Hells Angel incarcéré pour meurtre. Fils d'un pasteur danois et d'une exploitante de cinéma à Toulouse, Paul...