Cheating at Canasta (short stories) by William Trevor
28.00 NZD
29.00 (3% off)
Category: Short Stories
'No matter what,' Julia had said, aware then of what was coming, 'let's always play cards.' And they did; for even with her memory gone, a little more of it each day - her children taken, her house, her flowerbeds, belongings, clothes - their games in the communal drawing room were a reality her afflict ...Show more
Short Short Stories by Dave Eggers
30.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Series: Pocket Penguins S.
Dave Eggers has been partly responsible for a rejuvenation of short fiction in the USA, and these short short stories are as original and witty as any of his longer works.
The Gambler and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
25.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
"The Gambler and Other Stories" is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's collection of one novella and six short stories reflecting his own life - indeed, "The Gambler", a story of a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian General, was written under a strict deadline so he could pay off his roulette ...Show more
William Trevor - The Collected Stories by William Trevor
40.00 NZD
41.00 (2% off)
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: good-very good
William Trevor is one of the renowned figures in contemporary literature, described as 'the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language' by the "New Yorker" and acclaimed for his haunting and profound insights into the human heart. Here is the ultimate collection of his short fiction ...Show more
The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
28.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
This collection of stories includes the story of revenge against a man who mistreated his wife and lover, of Maria who, throughout her life of prostitution, retained her innocence and El Captain who waited 40 years before telling his dancing partner that he wanted to marry her.
Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl
25.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: very good
In these wickedly anarchic stories, Dahl explores the dark, sinister side of the psyche: the cunning, sly, selfish part of human nature that makes for unexpected outcomes and horrifying conclusions.
Look at the Birdie by Kurt Vonnegut
28.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
"Look at the Birdie" evokes a world in which squabbling couples, high school geniuses, misfit office workers, and small-town Lotharios struggle to adapt to changing technology, moral ambiguity, and unprecedented affluence. In "Confido", a family learns the downside of confiding their deepest secrets int ...Show more
A Darker Shade of Blue by John Harvey
28.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
John Harvey has been described as the master of British crime and in "A Darker Shade of Blue" he has collected together some of his very best writing. From the killing fields of the East Midlands to the mean streets of London, from the jazz clubs and clip joints of Soho to the barren fenlands of East An ...Show more
Stories to Get You Through the Night (Vintage Classics) by various
37.99 NZD
39.99 (5% off)
Category: Short Stories
"Stories to Get You Through the Night" is a collection to remedy life's stresses and strains. Inside you will find writing from the greatest of classic and contemporary authors; stories that will brighten and inspire, move and delight, soothe and restore in equal measure. This is an anthology to devour ...Show more
Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
26.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
This is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. These are beguiling, provocative stories about manipulative men and the women who outwit them, about destructive marriages and curdled friendships, about mothers and sons, about moments which change or haunt a life. Alice Munro's stories surprise and ...Show more
What Becomes by A.L. Kennedy
28.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Always attuned to the moment of epiphany, these twelve stories are profound, intimate observations of men and women whose lives ache with possibility - each story a dramatisation of the instant in a life that exposes it all: love and the lack of love, hope and the lack of hope. These men and women are p ...Show more
Million Dollar Baby by F.X. Toole
26.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
'Ring magic is different from the magic of the theatre, because the curtain never comes down - because the flood in the ring is real blood, and the broken noses and the broken hearts are real, and sometimes they are broken forever. Boxing is the magic of men in combat, the magic of will, and skill, and ...Show more