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|pages=192
|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
|date=October 2008
|isbn=978-0747593843
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Short stories are notoriously tricky. A short story must grab the reader's attention, but must never resort to tawdry trickery to do it. A short story should hit the ground running, but it should never leave the reader behind. It needs conflict, crisis, resolution, but it should never appear formulaic. Dialogue is vital and the reader will abandon your short story if you abuse your dialogue with exposition. So, not very many people do short stories well. Nadine Gordimer does them well.
If you enjoy short stories, you could also try [[The People on Privilege Hill]] by Jane Gardham or [[Revenge of the Lawn]] by Richard Brautigan for two very different approaches to the genre.
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|name=Magda
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|comment= You inspired me to to dig out a novel or two by her which I have a on a to-sell-or-maybe-to-read pile, but which I haven't, so far, touched.
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|comment= Excellent! Enjoy!
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