The Penguin book of the contemporary British short story /

The Penguin book of the contemporary British short story /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	London : Penguin Books, 2018.
Description:	xxi, 410 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Penguin classics.
Subject:	Short stories, English. Short stories, English. Short stories.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11735598

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Varying Form of Title:	Book of the contemporary British short story Contemporary British short story
Other authors / contributors:	Hensher, Philip, compiler.
ISBN:	0241347467 9780241347461
Summary:	"We are living in a particularly rich period for British short stories. Despite the relative lack of venues in which they can be published, the challenge the medium represents has attracted many remarkable writers. Philip Hensher, following the great success of his definitive two-volume Penguin Book of British Short Stories, has been reading a vast trove of material and has chosen thirty great stories, written between the death of Princess Diana and the present day"--Provided by publisher.

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Summary:	A spectacular treasury of the best British short stories published in the last twenty years. <br> <br> We are living in a particularly rich period for British short stories. Despite the relative lack of places in which they can be published, the challenge the medium represents has attracted a host of remarkable, subversive, entertaining and innovative writers. Philip Hensher, following the success of his definitive Penguin Book of British Short Stories , has scoured a vast trove of material and chosen thirty great stories for this new volume of works written between 1997 and the present day.
Physical Description:	xxi, 410 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:	0241347467 9780241347461