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Knives
Louise Erdrich
‘It is not so complicated, not even as painful, as I feared, and it doesn't last long either. He signs when it is over, his breath hot and hollow in my ear.’
Krapp Hour (Act 2)
Anne Carson
‘this is my theory of her awake all night worrying about little wild animals active in the dark’
The second instalment of Anne Carson’s fictional TV show.
Kudos
Rachel Cusk
An extract from Kudos, the final novel in Rachel Cusk’s trilogy, following Outline and Transit.
Lady Neptune
Ann Beattie
‘The word money popped up like a bit of the ocean’s detritus riding in on a wave, but her lips formed the words ‘Merry Christmas’.’
Leading Men
Peter Ho Davies
‘Outside, a technicolour sunset is giving way to the silvery sweep of searchlights, as a hand tugs the blackout curtain across the sky.’
Leila in the Wilderness
Nadeem Aslam
‘It was almost involuntary: it felt like falling, or like rising in a dream.’
Let Me Count The Times
Martin Amis
‘Vernon made love to his wife three and a half times a week, and this was all right.’
Light
Lesley Nneka Arimah
‘When Enebeli Okwara sent his girl out in the world, he did not know what the world did to daughters.’ 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize – regional winner for Africa.
