Author:Jorge Luis Borges,Andrew Hurley
Borges' stories have a deceptively simple, almost laconic style. In maddeningly ingenious stories that play with the very form of the short story, Borges returns again and again to his themes: dreams, labyrinths, mirrors, infinite libraries, the manipulations of chance, gaucho knife-fighters, transparent tigers and the elusive nature of identity itself.
Makes most practitioners of the art of fiction look like singers with only one song
—— GuardianHis storytelling powers are so immense, so natural... He has more creative confidence than any living writer
—— Financial TimesWhatever region his writing inhabits, it is blazing with life and actuality
—— Ted Hughes , New York Review of BooksIsaac Bashevis Singer, in his short and humorous tales drawn from an old tradition, celebrates the dignity, mystery and unexpected joy of living with more art and fervor than any other writer... one of the very best storytellers
—— NewsweekAmis applies his comic timing, his perfect pitch and his curatorial eye to some of the burning issues of our time
—— New York Times Book ReviewAlice Munro! Now that's writing
—— Margaret AtwoodThat Munro is a great writer of short stories should go without saying. She is also one of the two or three best writers of fiction (of any length) now alive
—— Sunday TimesThis superb collection...confirms Munro's place as the laureate of thwarted passion - and quite possibly the greatest short-story writer at work today
—— Daily Telegraph