The Penguin New Zealand Anthology: 50 Stories for 50 Years in Aotearoa by Harriet Allan (editor)
44.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
A milestone collection to celebrate a milestone event - To celebrate 50 years of publishing in Aotearoa New Zealand. This anthology brings together 50 enthralling stories from some of the country's finest writers. From established authors to new, emerging names, these stories track the changing styles, ...Show more
Normal Rules Don't Apply by Kate Atkinson
36.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
From the Number One bestselling author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, a full collection of short stories to delight, intrigue and surprise! One of the world's great storytellers conjures a captivating new book. In this first full collection since Not the End of the World, we meet a queen who ...Show more
Maktub by Paulo Coelho
34.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
An essential companion to the inspirational classic The Alchemist, filled with timeless stories of reflection and rediscovery. From one of the greatest writers of our age comes a collection of stories and parables unlocking the mysteries of the human condition. Gathered from Paulo Coelho's daily column ...Show more
Bird Child and Other Stories by Patricia Grace
36.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Mythology and contemporary Māori life are woven together seamlessly in this spectacular collection by Aotearoa’s foremost short story writer. The titular story ‘Bird Child’ plunges you deep into Te Kore, an ancient time before time. In another, the formidable goddess Mahuika, Keeper of Fire, becomes a ...Show more
The Beauties - Essential Stories by Anton Chekov; Nicolas Slater Pasternak (Translator)
24.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Series: Pushkin Press Classics Ser.
The essential edition of the greatest stories by the Russian master of the form Chekhov was without doubt one of the greatest observers of human nature in all its untidy complexity. His short stories, written throughout his life and newly translated for this essential collection, are exquisite masterpie ...Show more
Medusa's Ankles: Selected Stories by A S Byatt
25.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Carefully selected from five collections and over thirty years of writing, this beautiful new publication celebrates the best of A. S. Byatt’s short stories. Fascinated by fairy tales and fables, art and creation, these stories of betrayal and loyalty, quests and longings, loneliness and passion will de ...Show more
Wednesday's Child by Yiyun Li
34.99 NZD
Category: Staff Picks- Read our reviews
A dazzling new collection of short stories written over a decade, spanning loss, alienation, aging and the strangeness of contemporary life - from Yiyun Li, the prize-winning author of The Book of GooseA grieving mother makes a spreadsheet of everyone she's lost. A professor develops a troubled intimacy ...Show more
Born for You by Magdalena McGuire
37.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Filled with humour and heart, Born for You charts the lives of women as they transition from self to mother, from child to adult, from certainty to uncertainty. In twelve distinct but spiritually interwoven stories, we meet women at the crossroads of change. A new mother learns about love in a pandemic ...Show more
Murder in the Age of Enlightenment - Essential Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa; Tom Clohosy Cole (Illustrator); Bryan Karetnyk
24.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Series: Pushkin Press Classics Ser.
'One never tires of reading and re-reading his best works. Akutagawa was a born short-story writer' - Haruki Murakami
Antarctica by Claire Keegan
24.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
The stunning debut story collection from the author of Foster and the Booker Prize shortlised Small Things Like These 'A beautiful, tender work of great clarity.' Sebastian Barry 'Among the finest contemporary stories written recently in English.' Observer A secret one-night tryst in the city. A sist ...Show more
Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan
24.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
From the author of Foster and the Booker Prize shortlisted Small Things Like These. 'Perfect short stories.' Anne Enright'Breath-taking.' Irish Times'Her stories are as good as Chekhov.' David Mitchell A writer alone at a retreat is faced with an unwelcome visitor. A priest seeks solace from a romanti ...Show more
After the Funeral by Tessa Hadley
39.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
From the incomparable Tessa Hadley, a masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships. In each of the twelve stories in After the Funeral, small events have huge consequences. Heloise's father died in ...Show more