The Art of the Miniature

A Listmania! list by Gregory Norminton (Edinburgh, Scotland)
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The Tent
1.  The Tent by Margaret Atwood
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  "The great Margaret Atwood's third book of miniatures: funny, disquieting, inventive."
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3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

The Devil's Larder
2.  The Devil's Larder by Jim Crace
The list author says:
  "Crammed full of ideas and powerful prose. Why settle for one story when you can have 64?"
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Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics)
3.  Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jorge Luis Borges
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  "This collection is the best introduction to the master."
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Sawn-Off Tales (Salt Modern Fiction)
4.  Sawn-Off Tales (Salt Modern Fiction) by David Gaffney
The list author says:
  "David Gaffney's tiny tales are well worth a look."
£8.99   Used & New from: £4.95
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

Samuel Beckett, Volume 4: Poems, Short Fiction, Criticism
5.  Samuel Beckett, Volume 4: Poems, Short Fiction, Criticism by Samuel Beckett
The list author says:
  "I find Beckett oddly compelling. It's a bracing read."
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The Worm and the Star
6.  The Worm and the Star by John Fuller
The list author says:
  "A wonderfully diverse collection of stories, this deserves to be a classic. Treat yourself to it!"
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Lean Tales
7.  Lean Tales by James Kelman
The list author says:
  "Well worth getting second hand, especially for the stories by the unjustly neglected Agnes Owen."
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Not, Not While the Giro and Other Stories
8.  Not, Not While the Giro and Other Stories by James Kelman
The list author says:
  "Tough urban stories; but Kelman's prose is always fresh and muscular, even when dealing with bleak lives."
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Plain Tales from the Hills (Oxford World's Classics)
9.  Plain Tales from the Hills (Oxford World's Classics) by Rudyard Kipling
The list author says:
  "Kipling wrote these stories when he was very, very young, and my jaw drops at the quality of his prose."
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4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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The Great Wall of China: And Other Short Works (Penguin Modern Classics)
10.  The Great Wall of China: And Other Short Works (Penguin Modern Classics) by Franz Kafka
The list author says:
  "The cover may be an absolute disgrace but the stories, parables and aphorisms within should not be missed."
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3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

The Mirror of Ideas (Stages)
11.  The Mirror of Ideas (Stages) by Michel Tournier
The list author says:
  "Tourneur is a wonderful writer, little known outside France. Shame about the price of this translation."
£21.84   Used & New from: £14.01

Good Bones
12.  Good Bones by Margaret Atwood
The list author says:
  "Atwood again. See comment #1."
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4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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