That Glimpse of Truth
The 100 Finest Short Stories Ever Written
by Miller, David, Charles Dickens, Kate Chopin, Anton Chekhov, Jorge Luis Borges, Roald Dahl, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Profound, lyrical, shocking, wise: the short story is capable of almost anything. This collection of the 100 finest stories ever written ranges from the essential to the unexpected, the traditional to the surreal. Wide in scope, both beautiful and vast, this is the perfect companion for any fiction lover.
Here are Man Booker Prize winners and Nobel Laureates, childhood favourites and neglected masters, twenty-first century wits and national treasures.
Featuring an all-star cast of authors, including Julian Barnes, Angela Carter, Anton Chekhov, Roald Dahl, Penelope Fitzgerald, Gustave Flaubert, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Ian McEwan, Alice Munro, V.S. Pritchett, Thomas Pynchon and Muriel Spark, THAT GLIMPSE OF TRUTH is the biggest, most handsome collection of short fiction in print today.
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Fiction, short stories (single author), Short stories, Nouvelles, Literature, miscegenation, Louisiana Creoles, quadroons, racism, Russian Short stories, Social life and customs, Chippendale CommodesPeople
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