The Story

Love, Loss & The Lives of Women: 100 Great Short Stories

Victoria Hislop

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English

Head of Zeus
12 November 2013

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Short stories

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.

Edited by: Victoria Hislop
Imprint: Head of Zeus
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 170mm,
ISBN: 9781781851166
ISBN 10: 1781851166
Pages: 800
Publication Date: 12 November 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: http://www.wardmccandlish.co.uk/AuthorPhoto/HeadofZeus/Victoria_Hislop.jpg

Victoria Hislop read English at Oxford. Her first novel, THE ISLAND, was Number One for eight consecutive weeks and has sold over two million copies worldwide. Her books have been translated into more than 25 languages.

Reviews for The Story: Love, Loss & The Lives of Women: 100 Great Short Stories

'This huge, beautiful book is a treasure chest ... a collection so good, it's essential' The Times. 'A celebration of female writers with contributions from many of our favourites' Good Housekeeping. 'Beautiful ... glittering ... The scope is wide, rich and often unexpected ... it blows Bridget out of the water' Independent.