Book cover for 'The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories' edited by Malcolm Bradbury, featuring a dark red cover with a vintage illustration of a room and a window. There are minor scuff marks along the edges of the dust jacket.
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The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories by Malcolm Bradbury (Hardcover, 1987)

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The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories by Malcolm Bradbury

This anthology compiled by the influential writer and critic Malcolm Bradbury, contains work from thirty-four of Britain's most outstanding modern writers.

Among them are long-established names - Samuel Beckett, Elizabeth Bowen,  V. S. Pritchett, Doris Lessing - and also the best of a younger generation of writers including Graham Swift, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Rose Tremain.

The anthology includes stories of love and stories of crime, stories touched with comedy and with the supernatural, stories set in London, Los Angeles, Bucharest, Tokyo. In every sense a collection of 'the best of the best'. It is a book to dip into, to read from cover to cover, to lend to friends and to read again and again.

 

Format: Hardback | 450 pages

Dimensions (cm): 22.2 x 14 x 3.4 | 802g -

Publication Date: 1987

Publisher: Penguin Books

Imprint: Book Club Associates

Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom

Language: English

 

Condition: Very Good

A vintage book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included and in good condition (minor scuff marks and scratches). No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. Very minimal wear and tear.