Author:D. H. Lawrence,Dieter Miehl,Helen Dunmore,David Ellis,David Ellis
These three novellas display D. H. Lawrence's brilliant and insightful evocation of human relationships - both tender and cruel - and the devastating results of war. In The Fox, two young women living on a small farm during the First World War find their solitary life interrupted. As a fox preys on their poultry, a human predator has the women in his sights. The Captain's Doll explores the complex relationship between a German countess and a married Scottish soldier in occupied Germany, while in The Ladybird a wounded prisoner of war has a disturbing influence on the Englishwoman who visits him in hospital.
Adam Haslett is a wonderful rarity. You're likely not only to love his stories but to feel stronger for having read them
—— Jonathan Franzen, author of 'The Corrections'Adam Haslett possesses the rare ability to combine powerful narrative with sensitive and perceptive observations of people and places. You Are Not a Stranger Here is a brilliant beginning to a literary career
—— Barry UnsworthAdam Haslett's tone is one of delicate, understated heartache... He never lets the reader forget that he is shining an unflinching light on those types of human suffering that cannot be cured, only endured
—— Sunday TimesEnormously moving... Haslett's writing is harrowing, morbidly funny and deeply erotic
—— Independent on SundayAdam Haslett arrives from out of nowhere sounding like a master
—— Jay McInerneyA profound knowledge of the cultures of Mittel-europa, of the literatures of France, the United States and Britain translated into Buenos Aires vernacular, gives Cozarinsky's narratives a fiery intellectual strength and a powerful originality
—— Alberto Manguel