That Glimpse of Truth
The 100 Finest Short Stories Ever Written
1st Edition
Published on 23. October 2014
960 pages
978-1-78408-003-7 (ISBN)
Description
Profound, lyrical, shocking, wise: the short story is capable of almost anything. This collection of 100 of the 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 childhood favourites and neglected masters, twenty-first century wits and national treasures, Man Booker Prize winners and Nobel Laureates.
Featuring an all-star cast of authors, including Kate Atkinson, Julian Barnes, Angela Carter, Anton Chekhov, Richmal Crompton, Charles Dickens, Roald Dahl, Penelope Fitzgerald, Gustave Flaubert, Rudyard Kipling, Somerset Maugham, Ian McEwan, Alice Munro, V.S. Pritchett, Thomas Pynchon, Muriel Spark and Colm Tóibín, THAT GLIMPSE OF TRUTH is the biggest, most handsome collection of short fiction in print today.
Here are childhood favourites and neglected masters, twenty-first century wits and national treasures, Man Booker Prize winners and Nobel Laureates.
Featuring an all-star cast of authors, including Kate Atkinson, Julian Barnes, Angela Carter, Anton Chekhov, Richmal Crompton, Charles Dickens, Roald Dahl, Penelope Fitzgerald, Gustave Flaubert, Rudyard Kipling, Somerset Maugham, Ian McEwan, Alice Munro, V.S. Pritchett, Thomas Pynchon, Muriel Spark and Colm Tóibín, THAT GLIMPSE OF TRUTH is the biggest, most handsome collection of short fiction in print today.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-78408-003-7 (9781784080037)
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David Miller was a literary agent and author. His novel, Today, was published in 2011.
Content
- Intro
- Welcome Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Book of Jonah
- The Deceitful Marriage
- The Children of Hameln
- The Tell-Tale Heart
- The Nose
- The Signal-Man
- A Simple Heart
- Desiree's Baby
- The Horla
- The Lagoon
- Fleet-Footed Hester
- A Scandal in Bohemia
- A Lecture Tour
- Cree Queery and Mysy Drolly
- The Lady With the Dog
- The Cop and the Anthem
- The Other Two
- "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad"
- Mary Postgate
- The Loaded Dog
- A Cold Autumn
- Sredni Vashtar
- Consequences
- The Three Horsemen
- Mr Know-all
- A Little Ramble
- Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend
- Forgotten Dreams
- Solid Objects
- Eveline
- A Hunger Artist
- The Ring
- The Rocking-Horse Winner
- A Married Man's Story
- The Fall of the Idol
- My First Fee
- The Hare and the Tortoise
- Babylon Revisited
- Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote
- Sunday Afternoon
- How to Write a Short Story
- A Family Man
- Gimpel the Fool
- Guests of the Nation
- The Red Shoes
- Love
- Petrified Man
- The Swimmer
- The Blush
- In Dreams Begin Responsibilities
- Raspberry Jam
- The Last Mohican
- Parson's Pleasure
- The Red-Haired Girl
- The Lottery
- The Executor
- The Smallest Woman in the World
- The Wedding Ring
- A Good Man is Hard to Find
- The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
- Live Bait
- The Pagan Rabbi
- Broken Homes
- Dream Cargoes
- The Children Stay
- Under the Rose
- The Wine Breath
- ToyFolk
- Private Tuition By Mr Bose
- Entropy
- Errand
- The Dying Room
- Lizzie's Tiger
- At The Beach
- Report on the Shadow Industry
- The Teacher's Story
- Radio Gannet
- Marriage Lines
- Solid Geometry
- Emergency
- Let Me Count the Times
- Cun
- Unseen Translation
- D'accord, Baby
- The Tangling Point
- The Cold Outside
- Summer of '38
- Two Boys
- Boner McPharlin's Moll
- The Wavemaker Falters
- A Real Doll
- The Toymaker and his Wife
- Marching Songs
- Mixed Breeding
- Beauty's Sister
- Nothing Visible
- The Deep
- The Thing Around Your Neck
- The Index
- About this Book
- About the Editor
- An Invitation from the Publisher
- Copyright
- Extended Copyright
