A movie tie-in edition of Carver's critically acclaimed short stories interweaves nine tales to create an incisive portrait of American life, institutions, and psyche, accompanied by an introduction b
In the tradition of David Nicholls and Nick Hornby comes a hilarious, bittersweet, heartwarming debut novel about love of all kinds: first, unrequited, delusional, obsessive, and, ultimately, the kind
When a mysterious stranger comes into their lives, four Japanese 20-somethings, who share a small, crowded two-bedroom apartment in Tokyo, find themselves doing things they wouldn't normally do until
Here is the original manuscript of Raymond Carver’s seminal 1981 collection,What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. Carver is one of the most celebrated short-story writers in American literature—
William and Molly lead a life of small pleasures, riddles at the kitchen table, and games of string and orange peels. All around them a city rages with war. When the uprising began, William’s wife was
Marrying quickly after meeting Colin at a West Village party, Kate begins to suffer from dark emotions in the realities of suburban life, childbirth and weighty everyday responsibilities while harbori
Here is the perfect introduction to Alice Munro's brilliant, revelatory short stories in which she unfolds the wordless secrets that lie at the center of human experience. Vintage Munro includes stor
Ben Marcus, one of the most innovative and vital writers of this generation, delivers a stellar anthology of the best short fiction being written today in AmericaIn New American Stories, Ben Marcus ha
In the spirit of Maria Semple’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette and Graeme Simsion'sThe Rosie Project comes a hilarious and heartfelt story of an aspiring author trying to rescue her single-mother family b
A hilarious look at the eating habits of the fit and famous--from Gwyneth's goji berry and quail egg concoctions to Jackie Kennedy's baked potato and Beluga caviar regimen--Rebecca Harrington leaves n
The seven stories collected here–including “Killings,” the basis for Todd Field’s award-winning film In the Bedroom–showcase legendary writer Andre Dubus’s sheer narrative mastery in a book of quietly
?I threw my neck out in the middle of Swan Lake last night. So begins the tale of Kate Crane, a soloist in a celebrated New York City ballet company who is struggling to keep her place in a very dem
A frustrated wife makes use of an enterprising illegal-gun salesman to hold her husband hostage; two hapless adult-education students botch their attempts at rudimentary piano but succeed in a haltin
