The Wish House and Other Stories

Rudyard Kipling, Craig Raine, Craig Raine

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English

Modern Library Inc
10 September 2002

Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Short stories

Series: Modern Library Classics

Rudyard Kipling, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907, has long been considered an important and vibrant, even controversial, storyteller and poet. The Wish House and Other Stories is a collection of Kipling's finest works, including the stories ""In the House of Suddhoo,"" ""The Disturber of Traffic,"" and ""The Eye of Allah,"" the poems ""The Runners,"" ""The Return of the Children,"" and ""The Last Ode,"" and his famous story about Afghanistan, ""The Man Who Would Be King."" Each piece was selected by poet and scholar Craig Raine, who writes in his Preface, ""We need to think about Kipling. He is our greatest short-story writer, but one whose achievement is more complex and surprising than even his admirers recognize.""

By: Rudyard Kipling
Introduction by: Craig Raine
Edited by: Craig Raine
Imprint: Modern Library Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 581g
ISBN: 9780812966022
ISBN 10: 0812966023
Series: Modern Library Classics
Pages: 492
Publication Date: 10 September 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Inactive

Craig Raine is a poet, lecturer, and critic. He is a fellow of New College, Oxford, the author of several poetry collections and books, and the editor of the journal Arete. He lives in Oxford, England.

Reviews for The Wish House and Other Stories

“There will always be plenty in Kipling that I will find difficult to forgive; but there is also enough truth in these stories to make them impossible to ignore.”—Salman Rushdie