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The "Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories", edited by novelist and critic Malcolm Bradbury, is a collection of the finest short stories from our best loved authors, including Samuel Beckett, Graham Greene, William Golding, Kingsley Amis, Doris Lessing, Muriel Spark, J. G. Ballard, William Trevor, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Rose Tremain, Salman Rushdie, Graham Swift and Kazuo Ishiguro. 'The short story has become one of the major forms of modern literary expression - in some ways the most modern of them all.' The story of the British short story since the Second World War is one of change and revolution and this powerful and moving collection brilliantly demonstrates the evolution of the form. Containing thirty-four of the most widely regarded postwar British writers, it features tales of love and crime, comedy and the supernatural, the traditional as well as the experimental. This many-storied, many-splendored collection is a brilliant portrait of the generation of writers who have immediately influenced the brightest, sharpest and most intriguing writers who continue to emerge today. Malcolm Bradbury was a novelist, critic, television dramatist and professor of American studies and creative writing. He was awarded the CBE in 1991 for his services to Literature and was knighted in the 2000 New Year's Honours List. He died in 2000.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Fiction: special features Short stories

• Full title: Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories
• Author: Malcolm Bradbury
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• EAN: 9780241952863
• ISBN: 0241952867
• ID: 04381632
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Weight: 334 g
• Dimensions: 197 × 129 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. April 2011

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