Short Story Collections Reviews

You Are Not A Stranger Here

Review by  Anna Reynolds(5158) on 12/07/2004 A beautiful collection of short stories by the new American writer who is being compared to Raymond Carver and Chekhov. Mostly about loss, delusion, loneliness and the American way, what makes these s....read full review

On Becoming a Fairy Godmother

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Review by  Nell(16973) on 26/05/2004 This collection of short stories begins with a quotation by Dorothy Sayers: ‘Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force’ ....read full review

The Whole Story and other stories

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Review by  Anna Reynolds(5158) on 25/11/2003 Wonderful, visceral collection of short stories from one of the most intriguing writers around; this is about missed chances, falling in love with a tree and how nothing is ever what it seems. Fun, st....read full review

The King In The Tree

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Review by  Ticonderoga(6990) on 04/11/2003 Three novellas for the price of one. Insightful, delicate, tender, unflinchingly emotionally honest, magical and haunting, these tales of love and loss are written in prose so beautiful and simple tha....read full review

Ice Cream

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Review by  Anna Reynolds(5158) on 04/11/2003 A beautiful collection of perfect short stories, and Dunmore is a writer to read if you're writing... Crafty, deceptively simple, to savour.....read full review

Tales of Soldiers and Civilians and Other Stories

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Review by  Ticonderoga(6990) on 12/10/2003 A superb introduction to one of the most shamefully neglected and underrated writers of the C19th. Bierce is a master of the short story, possessing a mordantly witty, cynical, clear eye and style, wi....read full review

Why Don't You Stop Talking: Stories

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Review by  Anna Reynolds(5158) on 10/10/2003 The fabulous poet Jackie Kay's first collection of short stories. It's like a wonderful bag of tricks; secrets, ordinary people's lives transformed by tiny moments, sex, death and family l....read full review