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River in Egypt (Faber Stories) by D. MEANS
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Category: Fiction | Series: Faber Stories Ser.
In his masterful story 'A River in Egypt', David Means paints a portrait of a moment. Cavanaugh and his young son are suspended; trapped in what a nurse calls 'the sweat chamber', where the boy will be tested for cystic fibrosis. Cavanaugh has brought distractions - spasmodic action figures, malformed t ...Show more
Shanti (Faber Stories) by Vikram Chandra
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Category: Fiction | Series: Faber Stories Ser.
Who was she? Where was she going? Why did she return? It is 1945, and twenty-year-old Shiv, grieving his identical twin brother, retreats to a small town in Uttar Pradesh. He is preparing to jump onto the train tracks when he is stopped by the sight of a woman. Shanti's husband is a fighter pilot miss ...Show more
Shielding of Mrs Forbes (Faber Stories) by ALAN BENNETT
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Category: Fiction | Series: Faber Stories Ser.
'Thinking Betty was in the bath Graham was watching a late-night programme on Channel 4 called Footballers with Their Shirts Off when she unexpectedly came in on the trail of the hairdryer. "I didn't know you were interested in football," said Betty.' No one must ever find out that Graham is 'not the ...Show more
Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine (Faber Stories) by Thom Jones
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Category: Fiction | Series: Faber Stories Ser.
He met Liston's gaze but found it almost impossible to sustain eye contact. Soon it became an exercise in the control of fear. Sonny Liston gave Kid Dynamite the slightest hint of a smile and winked. In the build-up to a fight, Kid Dynamite's head swirls - with thoughts of his estranged father, his diff ...Show more
Terrific Mother (Faber Stories) by Lorrie Moore
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Category: Fiction | Series: Faber Stories Ser.
Adrienne is living in a puritanical age, when the best compliment a childless woman can get is: 'You'd make a terrific mother'. That's when she goes to her friends' Labor Day picnic and accidentally kills their baby. The shock of this scene is expertly packed into two brief paragraphs. What follows is A ...Show more
The Cheater's Guide to Love (Faber Stories) by Junot Diaz
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Category: Fiction | Series: Faber Stories Ser.
You try every trick in the book to keep her. You write her letters. You drive her to work. You quote Neruda [. . .] You try it all, but one day she will simply sit up in bed and say, No more. In Yunior, a Dominican-American writer and Harvard professor, Junot Díaz has created an irresistibly erratic pro ...Show more
The Forester's Daughter: Faber Stories by Claire Keegan
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Category: Fiction | Series: Faber Stories Ser.
The evening is fine. In the sky a few early stars are shining of their own accord. She watches the dog licking the bowl clean. This dog will break her daughter's heart, she's sure of it. Claire Keegan's mesmeric story takes us into the heart of the Wicklow countryside, and of the farming family of Victo ...Show more
Victim (Faber Stories) by P. D. JAMES
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Category: Fiction | Series: Faber Stories Ser.
'On the whole, it was easier than I had expected. Only once did I feel myself at risk. That was when the Inspector suddenly intervened. He said in a harsh voice: "He married your wife, didn't he? Took her away from you some people might say. Nice piece of goods, too, by the look of her. Didn't you feel ...Show more