Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Eleventh Hour’ — mischievous, wise tales with the sense of an ending
Aged 78, the writer wryly addresses mortality and remembrance in this collection of death-infused short stories
Aged 78, the writer wryly addresses mortality and remembrance in this collection of death-infused short stories
From an afterlife fantasy to a tale of loss in Mumbai, death is a recurring theme in this story collection – an echo of the…
Astringent, unsparing and generous by turns, the Canadian writer’s memoir is as compulsively readable as her best fiction
FT editors, columnists and specialists share the titles that have inspired them
In beguiling short stories with an undercurrent of ecological doom, Joy Williams finds the sweet spot between madness and genius
An Abruzzo-set tale about a man’s psychological unravelling is a surprising, skilfully wrought novel for a long, sweltering…
This collection of the late writer’s correspondence is pure gold, shining with insights about literature and life