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The Five Of Us
Lisa St Aubin de Terán
‘The freezing of the money signalled the beginning of virtual penury. It also signalled the beginning of our fame.’
The Former Mayor’s Ancient Daughter
Rachel Shihor
‘With us in the nursing home lives the ancient daughter of the former mayor’
The Golden Bough
Salman Rushdie
‘The same face. At every interview the same bland features. It could not be – but it was.’
The Governesses
Anne Serre
‘For the governesses, moving in with Monsieur and Madame Austeur was like a homecoming.’
The Great Indian Tee and Snakes
Kritika Pandey
Kritika Pandey’s ‘The Great Indian Tee and Snakes’ is the overall winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize as well as the regional winner from Asia.
The Headless Woman
Gonçalo M. Tavares
‘The mother advances, already headless, looking for her three children.’ Filial horror from Gonçalo M. Tavares, translated by Francisco Vilhena.
The Hotel Capital
Olga Tokarczuk
‘At the same time I take off my exotic language, my strange name, my sense of humour, my face lines, my taste for food not appreciated here, my memory of small events—and I stand naked in this pink and white uniform as if emerging from the sea mist.’
The Lady with the Laptop
Clive Sinclair
‘It is Friday, and I am at the airport waving a little flag, a one-man welcoming committee.’
The Last Children of Tokyo
Yoko Tawada
‘Encountering a real animal – not just its name – would have set Mumei’s heart on fire.’ Translated from the Japanese by Margaret Mitsutani.
The Law of Diminishing Returns
Dale Peck
‘Love is like trash: it's not something you hoard, it's merely something you don't waste, like heat, or water, or paper’.
The Law of White Spaces
Giorgio Pressburger
‘It was beginning to seem as if his brother’s fate depended on him, on his ability, or lack of it, to learn the prayer for the dead.’
