Vintage

StoriesA long-awaited collection of stories--twelve in all--by one of the most exciting writers at work today, the acclaimed author of Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? and Self-Help. Stories remarkable in their range, emotional force, and dark laughter, and in the sheer beauty and power of their language.From the opening story, Willing--about a...

This monumental novel, divided into four separate books, celebrates the end of an era, the irrevocable destruction of the comfortable, predictable society that vanished during World War I.From the Trade Paperback edition....

StoriesWiliam Boyd, winner of the Whitbread and Somerset Maugham Awards, introduces unlikely heroes desperate to redeem their unsatisfying lives.From California poolsides to the battlegrounds of Vietnam, here is a world populated by weary souls who turn to fantasy as their sole escape from life&'s inequities. Stranded in an African hotel during a...

On a languid midsummers day in the countryside, old Adam Godley, a renowned theoretical mathematician, is dying. His family gathers at his bedside: his son, young Adam, struggling to maintain his marriage to a radiantly beautiful actress; his nineteen-year-old daughter, Petra, filled with voices and visions as she waits for the inevitable; their...

and Other StoriesThese 13 stories by the author of The Invisible Man approach the elegance of Chekhov (Washington Post) and provide early explorations of (Ellison's) lifelong fascination with the 'complex fate' and 'beautiful absurdity' of American identity (John Callahan). First serial to The New Yorker. NPR...

Working from the earliest surviving draft of Frankenstein, Charles E. Robinson presents two versions of the classic novelas Mary Shelley originally wrote it and a subsequent version clearly indicating Percy Shelleys amendments and contributions.For the first time we can hear Marys sole voice, which is colloquial, fast-paced, and sounds more modern...