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Zusatztext “Dark and memorable...These aren’t particularly comforting stories; they’re fragments of lives wrenched out of alignment...But their poise! power and assurance are very striking indeed.” Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Sarah Hall, already acclaimed as a prizewinning novelist whose work is “amazing . . . terrifying and original” ( Washington Post ), is now equally fêted as a radically gifted short-story writer. A husband’s wife transforms into a canid in “Mrs. Fox,” winner of the BBC National Short Story Award. 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.” Set in the hinterland between the mundane and surreal, and marked by a fascination with the intimacy of nature—and the nature of intimacy—these nine astonishing stories will resonate long after the final page is turned. Zusammenfassung 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. ...
