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Monstress : Stories
by Lysley Tenorio
Paperback: 31 Jan 2012
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A luminous collection of heartbreaking, vivid, startling, and gloriously unique stories set amongst the Filipino-American communities of California and the Philippines.

You Know When the Men Are Gone
by Siobhan Fallon
Hardcover: Jan 2011
Paperback: 3 Jan 2012
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Reminiscent of Raymond Carver and Tim O'Brien, an unforgettable collection of interconnected short stories.

Alone With You : Stories
by Marisa Silver
Hardcover: Apr 2010
Paperback: 5 Apr 2011
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Eight indelible stories that mine the complexities of modern relationships and the unexpected ways love manifests itself.

Too Much Happiness : Stories
by Alice Munro
Hardcover: Nov 2009
Paperback: 2 Nov 2010
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In these ten stories, Alice Munro once again renders complex, difficult events and emotions into stories that shed light on the unpredictable ways in which men and women accommodate and often transcend what happens in their lives.

Nocturnes : Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
by Kazuo Ishiguro
Hardcover: Sep 2009
Paperback: 21 Sep 2010
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One of the most celebrated writers of our time gives us his first cycle of short fiction: five brilliantly etched, interconnected stories in which music is a vivid and essential character.

Gold Boy, Emerald Girl : Stories
by Yiyun Li
Hardcover: Sep 2010
Paperback: 14 Sep 2010
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In these spellbinding stories, Yiyun Li gives us exquisite fiction filled with suspense, depth, and beauty, in which history, politics, and folklore magnificently illuminate the human condition.

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