Furies
£10.99In this blazing cauldron of a book, the boldest writers of our day take up words and their pens, celebrating 50 years of Virago.
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The faraway world
£10.99Heralded as “sparkling. . . rich and compelling” in a rave for The Washington Post, The Faraway World is a collection of ten haunting, award-winning stories set across the Americas that was chosen as a New York Times Editors’ Pick and Amazon Best Book of the Month, earned a starred Kirkus review, and garnered effusive praise from Esquire, TODAY, and elsewhere-another critical triumph for Patricia Engel, whose novel Infinite Country was a New York Times Bestseller and a Reese’s Book Club pick.
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Classic love stories
£10.99A wide-ranging collection of engaging stories about many different kinds of love.
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Great Spanish stories
£10.99This hand-picked selection from ‘The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories’ celebrates the best literature to emerge from Spain since the twentieth century. From a poignant personal betrayal to a darkly humorous exchange between two wedding guests, this sparkling collection provides unique cultural insight and literary inspiration for language learners.
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Great Japanese stories
£10.99Here is a hand-picked selection which celebrates the best literature to emerge from Japan since the twentieth century. From a surreal fairy tale to a heart-rending evocation of the aftermath of the atomic bomb, this collection provides unique cultural insight and literary inspiration for language learners. The book includes works from beloved authors such as Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Haruki Murakami, and more.
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Great Italian stories
£10.99This hand-picked selection from ‘The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories’ celebrates the best twentieth-century literature from Italy. From a mystifying tale of the supernatural to a revelatory portrait of post-war Italy, this exciting collection provides unique cultural insight and literary inspiration for language learners. Includes works from beloved authors such as Italo Calvino, Natalia Ginzburg and more.
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The dead of winter
£9.99Not everything that goes bump in the night brings gifts. As the nights draw in, the veil between worlds thins, and all sorts of ghosts and ghouls come tumbling in. In the shadows, under the bed, in wind-whipped snowy landscapes and in rooms lit by guttering candles, the dead of winter are waiting for us – and their hearts are cold as ice. From the mysterious occupant of an ancient tomb to the Christmas visitor who is troubled by violent dreams, these are ten ghost stories from the masters of the genre that will chill your blood and haunt your dreams through the darkest months of the year.
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Antarctica
£9.99This debut collection of stories opens up the lives of characters whose worlds seethe with obsession and dark tension. Set in Ireland and the deep South of America, they reveal lives where dreams, memory and chance can lead to crippling effects.
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The six who came to dinner
£9.99The village cleaning lady who holds everyone’s house-keys opens a boot to find some unexpectedly dead contents; a vengeful dinner party host serves more than just a roast to her six guests; and driven to distraction by his new young wife, a man resorts to two grisly acts, in a gripping re-imagining of a famous Irish ballad. Ripping away the polite façade of small communities, these stories of love, lies and revenge reveal the roiling emotions and frustration that can lead seemingly good people to do bad things.
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The pole and other stories
£20.00‘The Pole’ tells the story of Witold Walczykiewicz, a vigorous, white-haired pianist, who becomes infatuated with Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, after she helps organize his Barcelona concert. Although Beatriz, who is married, is initially unimpressed by Wittold, she soon finds herself pursued and ineluctably swept into his world. As he sends her letters, extends countless invitations to travel, and even visits her husband’s summer home in Mallorca, their unlikely relationship blossoms, though only on her terms. As the power struggle between them intensifies – is it Beatriz who limits their passion by controlling her emotions? Or is it Witold, trying to force into life his dream of love?