The Story: Loss Victoria Hislop

Name: The Story: Loss By Victoria Hislop
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The Story: Loss by Victoria Hislop

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LOSS is a collection of great short stories written by women and personally selected by Victoria Hislop. It composes part of the three-volume anthology, THE STORY.

The Story: Loss Summary

The Story: Loss: Great Short Stories for Women by Women by Victoria Hislop

'I think few of the stories in Loss will leave readers cold...'

Victoria Hislop, bestselling author and champion of the short story, has chosen her favourite short stories by women writers. Here are prizewinners, famous wits, well-known feminists, national treasures and rising stars.

All the stories in this volume are about loss: lost lives, lost loves, lost innocence, even a lost leopard. The many ways in which loss touches our lives are shown in these varied stories.

CONTRIBUTORS: Katherine Mansfield, Elizabeth Bowen, Dorothy Parker, Shirley Jackson, Flannery O'Connor, Elizabeth Taylor, Jean Rhys, Anna Kavan, Muriel Spark, Ellen Gilchrist, Penelope Fitzgerald, Lorrie Moore, Hilary Mantel, Susan Hill, Colette Paul, Yiyun Li, Helen Simpson, Edna O'Brien, Edith Pearlman, Emma Donoghue, Carrie Tiffany and Lucy Wood.

The Story: Loss Reviews

'[This] has given me more pleasure this year than almost all the rest of my reading put together.' -- Mariella Frostrup
'This huge, beautiful book is a treasure chest ... a collection so good, it's essential' * The Times *
'Beautiful ... glittering ... The scope is wide, rich and often unexpected ... it blows Bridget out of the water' * Independent *
'A rich feast.' -- Nigella Lawson

About Victoria Hislop

Victoria Hislop read English at Oxford. Her first novel, THE ISLAND, was Number One for eight consecutive weeks and has sold over two million copies worldwide. Her books have been translated into more than 25 languages.

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GOR010458739

ISBN 13

9781781856659

ISBN 10

1781856656

Title

The Story: Loss: Great Short Stories for Women by Women by Victoria Hislop

Author

Victoria Hislop

Condition

Used - Like New

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Head of Zeus

Year published

2014-06-19

Number of pages

368

Prizes

N/A

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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins