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The Penguin Book of the British Short Story: 2: From P.G. Wodehouse to Zadie Smith
Philip Hensher
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Description for The Penguin Book of the British Short Story: 2: From P.G. Wodehouse to Zadie Smith
Paperback. Editor(s): Hensher, Philip. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 37. Weight in Grams: 522.
'Eclectic, entertaining ... almost all British, if not human, life is here' Boyd Tonkin, Independent 'Mind-stretching, heart-breaking, beautifully-crafted fiction' Claire Harman, Evening Standard 'She would tear the house down - shatter the windows, slash the furniture, flood the baths, fire the curtains!' Hilarious, exuberant, surreal, subtle, tender, brutal, spectacular and above all unexpected: this extraordinary selection celebrates the British short story from the 1920s to the present day. From Angela Carter to V. S. Pritchett, Elizabeth Taylor to J. G. Ballard, Ali Smith to a host of little-known works from magazines and periodicals, and including tales of air-raids, phone sex, snobbery, modern-day slavery, grief, desire, the familiar and the strange, here is the short story in all its limitless possibilities. Edited and with an introduction by Philip Hensher, the award-winning novelist, critic and journalist.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
784
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141396026
SKU
V9780141396026
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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99-99
About Philip Hensher
Philip Hensher is the editor of the highly-praised two-volume Penguin Book of the British Short Story. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. His most recent novel is The Friendly Ones (2018).
Reviews for The Penguin Book of the British Short Story: 2: From P.G. Wodehouse to Zadie Smith
In two handsomely designed volumes ... you have to admire Hensher's championing of unfamiliar names alongside established greats
Neville Hawcock
FT
It's been a big year for anthologies and few come bigger than The Penguin Book of the British Short Story. Philip Hensher's introduction is spiky and thought-provoking and Volume I: From Daniel Defoe to John Buchan and Volume II: From P.G. Wodehouse to Zadie Smith (Penguin Classic, GBP25 each) offer readers the chance to enjoy the varieties and mutations of British stories across four centuries.
Max Liu
Independent
Charted a very personal view of the form's development from the early 18th century to the present day'
Tim Martin
Telegraph
Made me shiver with pleasure
Michele Roberts
The Financial Times
Big and clever...three cheers then, for this chunky two-volume anthology, edited by Philip Hensher with imagination and a dash of mischievous wit
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
The Times
Anyone reading this collection just for pleasure should start at the end of the second volume and work backwards...it would quickly bring you to four outstanding stories by women...each of these, though quickly over, leaves a lasting mark in the mind
John Carey
The Sunday Times
Like one of the legion of cantankerous, eccentric hosts we meet across this generous terrain, Hensher knows how to lay a grand spread...so enjoy the feast
Boyd Tonkin
The Independent
Almost 100 potent doses of the form which editor Philip Hensher claims very plausibly to be the richest, most varied and most historically extensive national tradition anywhere in the world ... Hensher has spent a couple of years searching libraries and magazine archives and comes out staggering under a weight of treasures
Claire Harman
Evening Standard
Hensher's anthology is bigger, better and broader in several senses than anything else currently available
The Spectator
Neville Hawcock
FT
It's been a big year for anthologies and few come bigger than The Penguin Book of the British Short Story. Philip Hensher's introduction is spiky and thought-provoking and Volume I: From Daniel Defoe to John Buchan and Volume II: From P.G. Wodehouse to Zadie Smith (Penguin Classic, GBP25 each) offer readers the chance to enjoy the varieties and mutations of British stories across four centuries.
Max Liu
Independent
Charted a very personal view of the form's development from the early 18th century to the present day'
Tim Martin
Telegraph
Made me shiver with pleasure
Michele Roberts
The Financial Times
Big and clever...three cheers then, for this chunky two-volume anthology, edited by Philip Hensher with imagination and a dash of mischievous wit
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
The Times
Anyone reading this collection just for pleasure should start at the end of the second volume and work backwards...it would quickly bring you to four outstanding stories by women...each of these, though quickly over, leaves a lasting mark in the mind
John Carey
The Sunday Times
Like one of the legion of cantankerous, eccentric hosts we meet across this generous terrain, Hensher knows how to lay a grand spread...so enjoy the feast
Boyd Tonkin
The Independent
Almost 100 potent doses of the form which editor Philip Hensher claims very plausibly to be the richest, most varied and most historically extensive national tradition anywhere in the world ... Hensher has spent a couple of years searching libraries and magazine archives and comes out staggering under a weight of treasures
Claire Harman
Evening Standard
Hensher's anthology is bigger, better and broader in several senses than anything else currently available
The Spectator