The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories
  • Published: 28 April 2011
  • ISBN: 9780241952863
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $39.99

The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories

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31 Oct 2011
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28 Apr 2011
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Beautifully re-packaged edition of one of the finest collections of modern British short stories

'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.
  • Published: 28 April 2011
  • ISBN: 9780241952863
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $39.99
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About the authors

Malcolm Bradbury

Malcolm Bradbury was born in Sheffield in 1932, and was educated at the University College of Leicester, Queen Mary College, London, Indiana University in the United States, and the University of Manchester. He was a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, has lectured at Birmingham University, and has been Professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia since 1970.

One of our sharpest and most penetrating contemporary social satirists, Malcolm Bradbury is the author of the best-selling books Stepping Westward, Who Do You Think You Are? (a collection of short stories), The History Man and The After Dinner Game (a collection of his television plays). Rates of Exchange, his first novel since the classic The History Man, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1983 and has firmly established him as one of Britain's major novelists.