The Life to Come - And Other Stories

''Neither of them knew when the end came, and he when he realised it felt no sadness, no remorse''

Ranging from moving to satirical, historical to supernatural, Forster''s masterful storytelling is on full display in these tales of passion and betrayal. Love, death, class and race collide in these short stories, which are alive with sharp social observations and thrum with the threat of violence that stalked gay men''s lives.

Written between 1903 and 1957, only two out of the fourteen stories in this collection were published during E. M. Forster''s lifetime: most of the other stories remained unpublished because of their overtly gay themes.

Introduction by Diarmuid Hester<>

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Beautifully written . . . has a freshness, sparkle and bite Sunday Telegraph

Product details

• Authors: E M Forster, E. M. Forster, E.M. Forster
• Assisted by: Oliver Stallybrass (Editor), Diarmuid Hester (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.07.2024
• EAN: 9780241707647
• ISBN: 978-0-241-70764-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, Short Stories, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, Relating to gay people, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / Gay