Stories deal with a young divorcee, a shared summer home, a troubled family, a wedding, childhood fears, the death of a pet, a lying child, and...
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An introduction to the residents of Firozsha Baag, an apartment complex in Bombay. We enter the daily routine and rhythm of their lives, and by the time we reach the final story we are as familiar with the people as we are with our own...
Friendships are built on chatter, on gossip, on revelations — on talk. Over the course of the summer of 1965, Linda Rosenkrantz taped conversations between three friends (two straight, one gay) on the cusp of thirty vacationing at the beach:...
It was not until their first date that Bridger Martin learned that Dana Halter's deafness was profound and permanent. By then he was falling in love. Not she is in a courtroom, accused of assault with a deadly weapon, auto theft, and passing bad...
A wild, fragmented portrait of the late 70s and the punk scene with a rich and diverse cast of characters including an idealistic editor of a political rag, a pony-riding Boston Brahmin intent on finding herself and shedding her husband, an...
Praise for Toby Olson's writing: Nothing can detract from Mr. Olson's ability to conjure gorgeous prose passages that celebrate the healing powers of friendship, the pleasures of love and lovemaking, and the inborn mystery and beauty of things in...
"Ricardo Piglia may be the best Latin American writer to have appeared since the heyday of Gabriel García Márquez." — Kirkus Reviews
A passionate political and psychological thriller set in a remote Argentinean Pampas town, Target in the...
These strange and unusual stories were written by a man who is
one of the most popular storytellers of our time. Roald Dahl was
born in South Wales in 1916 to Norwegian parents, and his early
life was overshadowed by sad events: his sister and...
Tell...
A collection of unforgettable short stories that explores the wondrous transformation between grief and hope, a journey often marked by moments of unexpected grace.
Set in California, Tell Me One Thing is an uplifting and poignant book about...