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The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story: from Ali Smith to Zadie Smith (Penguin classics)

The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story: from Ali Smith to Zadie Smith (Penguin classics)

by PhilipHensher (Author), Philip Hensher (Author)

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    Hardcover 2018

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Synopsis

A spectacular treasury of the best British short stories published in the last twenty years We are living in a particularly rich period for British short stories. Despite the relative lack of places in which they can be published, the challenge the medium represents has attracted a host of remarkable, subversive, entertaining and innovative writers. Philip Hensher, following the success of his definitive Penguin Book of British Short Stories, has scoured a vast trove of material and chosen thirty great stories for this new volume of works written between 1997 and the present day.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 432
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Allen Lane
Published: 04 Oct 2018
ISBN 10: 0241347467
ISBN 13: 9780241347461
Book Overview: A spectacular treasury of the best British short stories published in the last twenty years.

Media Reviews
A bold anthology ... alive with provocations and insights -- Praise for THE PENGUIN BOOK OF THE BRITISH SHORT STORY, John Carey * Sunday Times *
Hensher's anthology is bigger, better and broader in several senses than anything else currently available -- Praise for THE PENGUIN BOOK OF THE BRITISH SHORT STORY * The Spectator *
Almost 100 potent doses of the form which editor Philip Hensher claims very plausibly to be the richest, most varied and most historically extensive national tradition anywhere in the world ... Hensher has spent a couple of years searching libraries and magazine archives and comes out staggering under a weight of treasures -- Praise for THE PENGUIN BOOK OF THE BRITISH SHORT STORY, Claire Harman * Evening Standard *
Like one of the legion of cantankerous, eccentric hosts we meet across this generous terrain, Hensher knows how to lay a grand spread...so enjoy the feast -- Praise for THE PENGUIN BOOK OF THE BRITISH SHORT STORY, Boyd Tonkin * The Independent *
Anyone reading this collection just for pleasure should start at the end of the second volume and work backwards...it would quickly bring you to four outstanding stories by women...each of these, though quickly over, leaves a lasting mark in the mind -- Praise for THE PENGUIN BOOK OF THE BRITISH SHORT STORY, John Carey * The Sunday Times *
Author Bio
Philip Hensher is the editor of the highly praised two-volume The Penguin Book of the British Short Story. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. His most recent novel is The Friendly Ones (2018).