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From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles and Circe, an enchanting short story that boldly reimagines the myth of and Pygmalion.A small hardback edition featuring a new afterword by Madeline MillerIn Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been bless...

'Impossible, imperfect, unforgettable.' - Roxane Gay - Demolishes the borders between magical realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. Shortlisted for the National Book Award Fiction Prize 2017Shortlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize 2018In her provocative de...

A heartbreaking, haunting story of childhood, loss and love by one of Ireland's most acclaimed writers.From the author of the Booker-shortlisted Small Things Like TheseIt is a hot summer in rural Ireland. A girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm, not knowing when she will return home. In...

Dark and whimsical tales from one of Japan's most beloved early twentieth-century writersJapanese fairy tales - enchanting, enigmatic stories of animals, human beings and the great natural world.Dark and innocent, sublime and whimsical, Miyazawa's stories have the ageless feel of the best fairy tale...

Stories about the unifying subject of work - how to get it, avoid it or lose it.Core Life Endeavours? Connie thinks. What are Core Life Endeavours? Is changing into elasticised pants a Core Life Endeavour?Wry, real and astute, these linked stories are from an exciting new talent.Mel’s ‘failing a...

Combining personal reminiscence with reflections on the history of the place over the years and through the seasons, for the first time this collection brings together writers' impressions of the Pond. 'There was something magical about the unplumbed depths,the moor hens,the dragonflies, the waterli...

Previously unpublished in the UK, this is Simone de Beauvoir's captivating novel about long-term relationships, getting older and how to live a good life.A captivating novella about long-term relationships, getting older and how to live a good life, by the great Simone de Beauvoir.Nicole and André,...

The world just goes along. Nothing much matters, you know? I mean really matters. but then sometimes, just for a second, you get this grace, this belief that it does matter, a whole lot.With an introduction from Lydia DavisLucia Berlin’s stories in A Manual for Cleaning Women make for one of the m...

With an introduction by Lorna SageInnovative, startlingly perceptive and aglow with colour, these fifteen stories were written towards the end of Katherine Mansfield's tragically short life. Many are set in the author's native New Zealand, others in England and the French Riviera. All are revelation...

Inspirational and heartwarming, this bestselling nominee of the Japan Booksellers' Prize is a celebration of community libraries and the life-changing power of book recommendation.THE BESTSELLING JAPANESE NOVELFor fans of The Midnight Library and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this soul-stirring Japan...

'Wendy Erskine's first collection, . is every bit as good as her early stories in the always astute Stinging Fly magazine promised.' Jon McGregor, New StatesmanSet in the author’s native Belfast, the ten stories in lay bare the heartbreak and quiet tragedies that run under the surface of everyday ...

From the Number One bestselling author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, a gemlike collection of unforgettable short stories in which nothing is quite what it seems.The first story collection from Kate Atkinson in twenty years, Normal Rules Don't Apply is a dazzling array of eleven interconn...

Every day from nine to five I sit at my desk facing the door of the office and type up other people's dreams.An office assistant in a hospital pursues a secret vocation. A girl endures a series of initiation ceremonies to join her high school sorority. A married woman seeks relief from the dull real...

Seven uplifting tales of warm, wise and sarcastic cats set in modern Japan through the changing seasons.The uplifting new Japanese cat novel from the million-copy bestselling author of The Travelling Cat ChroniclesAgainst changing seasons in Japan, seven cats weave their way through their owners' li...

A stunning new collection of poetry and stories by contemporary Māori writers.Over 80 contemporary Māori writers explore a vast array of issues that challenge, stimulate and intrigue. With originality and insight, these poems and short stories express compassion, concern, curiosity, suffering and ...

A stunning collection of stories that weaves Hawaiian mythology with a vivid fabulism and rich sense of place. In Hawaii, a cast of women reckon with physical and emotional alienation, and the toll it takes on their psyches. A childhood encounter with a wild pua'a (boar) on the haunted Pali highway ...

A new collection of short fiction from the critically acclaimed master of the form and winner of the Man Booker International Prize , Lydia Davis 'A trailblazer in the world of short-form prose' New YorkerLydia Davis is a virtuoso at detecting the seemingly casual, inconsequential surprises of daily...

From the author of the international bestseller, The Mad Women's Ball, a hugely atmospheric novel for fans of Elizabeth Strout and Annie E Proulx.Sometimes the truth lies in the things you cannot see.In 1830 a young novice called Catherine Labouré was granted a vision of the Virgin Mary. Nearly 200...

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of CivilityMillions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood.The New York stories, most of which ta...

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.' ObserverA secret one-night tryst in the city. A sister...

A celebration of one of the world's greatest writers, to mark the first ebook publication of his works in 2014When a witch doctor prophesizes a plague of rabies, Marquis de Casalduero dismisses her claims - until he hears his daughter was bitten by a rabid dog, and the only one to survive.She appear...

A fabulously off-beat collection of short stories about love—the best and worst thing in the universe—written by the creator of BoJack Horseman with his hallmark scathing dark humor“Transcendent tragicomedy. Prepare to be devastated and made whole again." —The A.V. ClubFeaturing:• A young ...

The much-anticipated new collection from the BBC National Short Story Award-winning author of Multitudes and Intimacies.I still sometimes wonder if one could draw a window in the wall, or in the air, and step through it together. To somewhere else, entirely new.From a passionate affair in Blitz-era ...

A debut linked story collection of gritty, streetwise, and wickedly funny fiction from Mexico.Life's a bitch. That's why you gotta rattle her cage, even if she's foaming at the mouth.In the linked stories of , thirteen Mexican women prod the bitch that is Life as they fight, sew, skirt, cheat, cry, ...