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Witty, heartbreaking, shocking, satirical: the short story can excite or sadden, entice or repulse. The one thing it can never be is dull. Now Victoria Hislop, passionate ambassador for the art of the short story, has collected 100 stories from her favourite women writers into one volume. Here are Man Booker Prize winners and Nobel Laureates, well-known feminists and famous wits, national treasures and rising stars. All handpicked by one of the nation's best-loved novelists, there's a story for every mood, mind-set and moment in life. Featuring an all star cast of authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Angela Carter, Margaret Drabble, Penelope Fitzgerald, Miranda July, Doris Lessing, Katherine Mansfield, Alice Munro, Dorothy Parker and Virginia Woolf, The Story is the biggest and most beautiful collection of women's short fiction in print today.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Fiction: special features Short stories

• Full title: Story
• Author: Victoria Hislop
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 800
• EAN: 9781781851166
• ISBN: 1781851166
• ID: 01353528
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Weight: 1188 g
• Dimensions: 246 × 179 × 56 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. September 2013

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