The Beautiful Indifference - P.S.

Winner of the Portico Prize Winner of the Edge Hill University Short Story Prize Short-listed for the Frank O''Connor International Short Story Award "Every one of the seven tales here delights and disturbs in equal measure. The Beautiful Indifference illustrates that short fiction is indeed a finely wrought art form, and Hall is an artist of considerable and concise skill. Each story is a gem, but together they from a collection of astonishingly sensuous power." -- Sunday Times (London) Sarah Hall has been hailed as "one of the most significant and exciting of Britain''s young novelists" ( The Guardian ). Now, in this remarkable collection of short fiction, she has created a work at once provocative and mesmerizing.

About the author

Sarah Hall was born in Cumbria. She is the prizewinning author of six novels and three short story collections. She is a recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters E. M. Forster Award, Edge Hill Short Story Prize, among others, and the only person ever to win the BBC National Short Story Award twice. 

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Hall
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.01.2013
• EAN: 9780062208453
• ISBN: 978-0-06-220845-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 205 mm x 12 mm
• Series: P.S.
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, DRAMA: American / General, DRAMA: Women Authors, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, FICTION: Anthologies (multiple authors), FICTION: World Literature / England / 21st Century