An essential anthology of fifteen short stories which provides students with an international
selection of works by acclaimed modern writers: from Nobel Laureates (Nadine Gordimer V. S.
Naipaul) to masters of the short story (Raymond Carver Mavis Gallant William Trevor) to a
younger generation of writers on their way to establishing worldwide reputations (Zadie Smith
Ana Menéndez). Featuring the theme of 'difference' each story has something to say about
cultural encounters often arising from experiences of migration or uprooting. Their
predominantly realist temper promotes vivid imaginative connections between the worlds of
fiction and the worlds of its readers. This is an ideal primary set text for modules on Modern
Literature Twentieth-Century Literature Contemporary Fiction Postmodern Fiction
Postcolonial Literature International Literature or The Short Story which may be offered at
all levels of an undergraduate or taught postgraduate Literature degree.
