Fiction: special features

';Beautiful and finely crafted.

In the last column of a job application, there's that tricky question: reason for leaving?

';This moving debut collection examines complicated family relationships in the rural American South.

A Time of Trouble and Other Stories tells of events that take place in a small town called Laurens in the state of South Carolina.

Lights in a Western Sky is a collection of twenty short stories encompassing a wide variety of genres, settings and historical periods.

For almost seven decades, ten ladies have met for lunch on May 8, to celebrate their friendship and shared history.

';Candid, cunning, brave, and wickedly funny,' these stories ';will make you remember the first time you read Philip Roth' (Salvatore Scibona).

Tragicomedy of the highest order, this stellar collection is Croatian writer Novakovich's best ever.

100 Short Stories is the author's second book of short stories.

';Bold and ingenious' stories about the dark heart of America by the acclaimed Whiting Awardwinning author (The New York Times Book Review).

Alone in a remote Scottish lighthouse, author Dani Maxwell has one thing on her mind: getting her new book finished in blissful isolation.

Stories from the city,the sea, the forest;stories from placeswhere everything is notalways as it first appears From a rain-soaked Berlin to a neon-lit Tokyo, the midwest of North America to the Parisian backstreets, a suburban London kitchen to a fishing village on the Yorkshire coast, wherever these characters are travelling from or to, they are all navigating unfamiliar ground in search of answers.

In the early hours of 14 June 2017, a fire engulfed the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in west London, killing at least 72 people and injuring many more.

Next book in the Posadas County Mystery Series"e;If you haven't yet discovered these wonderful mysteries, you are in for a treat!

Going Down Slow includes seven short stories, two of which feature Charlie Resnick and three feature Jack Kiley.

This book is written in simple language to facilitate understanding.

Sentivo grida di disperazione e agonia.

Come!

Want to see the darker side of Greek life?

Domestic disturbance calls to the residence of Booth and Stacey Keiser aren't uncommon.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a short story by F.

The story Gold Chain is about a middle class family which prides itself for its ability to judge and justify every action of any individual with confidence and command.

This collection of short stories originally formed the core of the Author's doctoral thesis, and were written by him over a two year period whilst based in a small Bulgarian village.

Someone killed Bill, and whoever it was stole all the money.

Ouvia gritos de desespero há minha volta, relinchos de agonia.

The Age of Doubt collects some of Pak Kyongni's most famous works, including her 1955 debut and other stories featuring characters that would appear in her 21-volume epic, Toji.

'The very quintessence of French romance' The Times'Soaked in Parisian atmosphere, this lovely, clever, funny novel will have you rushing to the Eurostar post-haste.

A classic Mahfouz story exploring themes of marriage across class lines, spirituality, and the harsh realities of a precarious life.

Lawyer H.

"Tout à coup, une clameur s'éleva progressivement dans l'air, prenant un envol lent mais sûr.

If you ever thought that animals can't know true love, you never knew the girls.

Stories, poems etc.

What happens when a Jewish mother from Brooklyn moves in with her lesbian daughter and partner in small town, Delaware?

An unsettling, unputdownable dark and witty crime thriller that's perfect for fans of Bella Mackie, Katy Brent, Alex Michaelides' The Silent Patient and true crime like Mindhunter.