The Best Short Stories Ever

Forty-one stories from writers across several continents and more than a century sit together in this anthology, assembled by the editor Terry O'Brien. Anton Chekhov, Virginia Woolf, Guy de Maupassant, Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling, O. Henry, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Ernest Hemingway are among the names represented, so the range covers mystery, psychological drama, comedy and quiet realism in turn. The book can be read straight through or one story at a time, which makes it a practical introduction to the form. What the selection offers: • Forty-one stories gathered in a single volume • Writers drawn from European, American and Latin American traditions • Editorial selection by Terry O'Brien • Moods ranging from comic to unsettling Suited to students of literature, to readers building a foundation in short fiction, and to anyone who prefers reading in short sessions, available from Boipoka.