Madame Zero - 9 Stories

From one of the most accomplished British writers working today, the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Wolf Border , comes a unique and arresting collection of short fiction that is both disturbing and dazzling. Sarah Hall has been hailed as "one of the most significant and exciting of Britain's young novelists" ( The Guardian ), a writer whose "intelligence and ambition are thrilling to behold" ( BookForum ). Her work has been acclaimed as "amazing . . . terrific and original" ( Washington Post ). In this collection of nine works of short fiction, she uses her piercing insight to plumb the depth of the female experience and the human soul. A husband's wife transforms into a vulpine in "Mrs. Fox," winner of the BBC Short Story Prize. In "Case Study 2, " A social worker struggles with a foster child raised in a commune. A new mother runs into an old lover in "Luxury Hour." In incandescent prose, full of rich observations and striking clarity, Hall has composed nine wholly original pieces--works of fiction that will resonate long after the final page is turned.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Hall
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9780062657060
• ISBN: 978-0-06-265706-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, LITERATURE: GENERAL FICTION, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, FICTION: Sea Stories, FICTION: Fantasy / Humorous, FICTION: Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Magical Realism, FICTION: Fantasy / Historical, FICTION: Fantasy / Arthurian