Deftly weaving from one end of life to another - from ageing parents to newborn babies, from a young girl's coming-of-age to an old woman's unexpected delivery of a strange new second youth, from mystery and wonder at a life at...

The National Book Award finalist explores contemporary gender realities in a collection of short fiction that traces the experiences of diverse characters at various stages of life.

Tells a haunting story that explores loss and memory. Spanning continents and decades, and weaving an intricate web of its characters' lives, this book is about love, loss and survival against the odds.

Two novellas and a short story by the 1976 Nobel Prize-winner, in which three people - two men and a woman, tell stories of the past, of their hopes and disappointments. Intrigues of surprising drama, the stories comprise an...

Offers a medley of aphorisms, flash fiction, and short stories. This title features characters such as reckless she-goats, morose fish, somnambulistic theologians, poignant old ladies, dying dictators, and dead poets, to name just...