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Frank O'Connor Short Story Prize 2011 Shortlist

 

Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
Yiyun Li

$27.95$14.95 – Paperback book / Fourth Estate

The stories in this collection, like the stories in A THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS , are mostly set in China. The country portrayed here is the China of the 21st century, where economic development has led to new situa... Buy or find out more 


The Empty Family
Colm Tóibín

$22.99 – Paperback book / Picador

In the nine captivating stories that make up 'The Empty Family', Colm Tibn delineates with a tender and unique sensibility lives of unspoken or unconscious longing, of individuals, often willingly, cast adrift from their... Buy or find out more 



Light Lifting
Alexander Macleod

$27.95 – Paperback book /

Giller Prize Finalist

Atlantic Book Award Winner

A Globe & Mail, Quill & Quire, and Amazon.ca Best Book of the Year

Finalist for the Danuta Gleed Award and the Frank O'Connor Award

A brilliant collection without ... Buy or find out more 


Saints And Sinners
Edna O'Brien

$29.99 – Trade paperback / Faber

Winner of the 2011 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award

A woman walks the streets of Manhattan and contemplates with exquisite longing the precarious affair she has embarked on, amidst the grandeur and cacophon... Buy or find out more 



Marry Or Burn: Stories
Valerie Trueblood

$22.95 – Paperback book / Counterpoint Press

From the author of "Seven Loves" comes this austere, passionately shaped collection of stories that courageously explores the dynamic nature of modern marriage, the life-shattering heartbreak that often accompanies its c... Buy or find out more 


Death Is Not An Option
Suzanne Rivecca

$33.95 – Hardcover book / W W Norton

This debut collection of stories features the tales of a potential home renter who is sucked into a strangely inappropriate correspondence with her landlord, and a teacher obsessed with a student who comes to school with... Buy or find out more 



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