Modern & contemporary fiction

A college student's unplanned pregnancy forces her to confront her feelings of resentment toward her more privileged classmates. A father's misguided attempt to rescue a gift for his adult daughter magnifies all he doesn't know about her. And two teenage girls' flirt with adulthood leads to disas...

From the gentle romance of 'Kissing Emily Baker', to the trials and tribulations of a young English family setting out for a new life in 1920s Australia in 'The Group Settler's Wife', this collection contains 15 stories of love, second chances and new beginnings that will enthral Anna Jacobs' man...

Malika Moustadraf (1969-2006) is a feminist icon in contemporary Moroccan literature, celebrated for her stark interrogation of gender and sexuality in North Africa. 'Blood Feast' is the complete collection of Moustadraf's published short fiction - haunting, visceral stories by a master of the ge...

In this dazzling collection, Nam Le takes us across the globe as he enters the hearts and minds of characters from all over the world. Whether it's the story of fourteen-year-old Juan, a hit man in Colombia; an ageing painter in New York mourning the death of his much-younger lover; or a young re...

In these twelve quietly dazzling, carefully crafted stories, Billy O'Callaghan explores the resilience of the human heart and its ability to keep beating even in the wake of grief, trauma and lost love. Spanning a century and two continents - from the muddy fields of Ireland to a hotel room in Pa...

The first hundred years of the American Mafia's existence would come to be seen as a golden age. From small-town Sicily to glittering Las Vegas, the mob had carefully expanded and consolidated their power until their influence touched almost every aspect of American society. But in the 1960s, eve...

Originally called Doctor Brodie's Report in the first English translation, these short stories demonstrate Borges's inspiration and his ability to help individuals rediscover their own joy in reading.

Opening with the novella, 'Butter', this collection of short fiction displays Gayl Jones's legendary talents in a range of settings and styles, from the hyper-realist to the mystical. Her narrators are women and men, Black, brown, indigenous; her settings are historical and contemporary, in South...

Full of heart and humour, Gothataone Moeng's first collection, set between the rural village of Serowe and the thrumming capital city of Gaborone, captures a chorus of voices from a country in flux. Meet a young woman who has worn the same mourning clothes for almost a year, and a teenage girl wh...

I was told of an older woman who was asked by her granddaughter, 'Granny, when was the happiest time of your life?' 'I don't know,' she replied, 'I may not have had it yet.' The stories found in this collection explore the sensual worlds of thirteen older women, reframing their intellectual and e...