This collection contains the best stories written in English in the 1960s and 70s by authors from all over the world. Chosen by Roger Sharrock for their intrinsic excellence and originality, these stories take place in a wide range of settings from an Afrikaans township to an Indian village. The volume includes such writers as Chinua Achebe, Kingsley Amis, George MacKay Brown, Morley Callaghan, Elspeth Davie, Susan Hill, Dan Jacobson, Benedict Kiely, Bernard Malamud, Olivia Manning, Gordon Meyer, Vias Naipaul, R.K. Narayan, ...
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This collection contains the best stories written in English in the 1960s and 70s by authors from all over the world. Chosen by Roger Sharrock for their intrinsic excellence and originality, these stories take place in a wide range of settings from an Afrikaans township to an Indian village. The volume includes such writers as Chinua Achebe, Kingsley Amis, George MacKay Brown, Morley Callaghan, Elspeth Davie, Susan Hill, Dan Jacobson, Benedict Kiely, Bernard Malamud, Olivia Manning, Gordon Meyer, Vias Naipaul, R.K. Narayan, Jean Rhys, Frank Sargeson, Elizabeth Taylor, William Trevor, Frank Tuohy, John Updike, and Patrick White.
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