| Title | : | Six Shorts 2014: The finalists for The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award |
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| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 89 |
| Publication | : | First published February 25, 2014 |
This special ebook contains, exclusively and in full, all six shortlisted stories competing for the 2014 award, written by an intriguing selection of both celebrated and newly discovered voices. Alongside American Pulitzer prize-winners Adam Johnson and Elizabeth Strout are stories by Granta Best of Young British novelist Tahmima Anam, Canadian-American novelist Marjorie Celona, Jonathan Tel and Anna Metcalfe.
Ranging from Dubai and Palo Alto to Shanghai and Beijing, and from traditional storytelling to the invigoratingly experimental, these wonderfully varied stories show just how vital and gripping short-form fiction can be.
Six Shorts 2014: The finalists for The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award Reviews
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I love reading short stories because I am always amazed at the authors' ability to tell eloquent, impactful stories in a limited amount of words --6,000 or less, in this case. All of the stories were very good, but I especially recommend Elizabeth Strout's "Snow Blind", which was so well written and insightful, I looked her up and bought one of her books. A solid collection.
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The detailed review of this book posted elsewhere under my name is too long or impractical to post here.
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Excellent collection. I particularly liked The Shoe Theif. Good source of new writers to follow up on. .
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Thoroughly recommend this e-book -- Kindle £1.99 -- which contains the six shortlisted stories for the prestigious Sunday Times / EFG Short Story Award 2014. The winner will be announced on 4 April. 6 brilliant contemporary short stories which demonstrate the full range of what short fiction (generally underrated by the reading public) can do. My favourite is 'Othello' by Marjorie Celona.
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Some were great! Some were only so-so.
