A special reissue from the popular anthology collection of Head of Zeus featuring the best 100 short stories written by women, selected by Victoria Hislop, one of the country's most beloved authors.

Humorous, moving, shocking, satirical: the short story can provoke or bend, sweep you away or repel. The one thing it can never be is boring. Now, Victoria Hislop has gathered 100 stories from her favorite authors into one volume.

Here are winners of the Man Booker Prize and Nobel Laureates, feminists and famous wits, national treasures and emerging stars, all selected by one of the country's most beloved authors.

The collection includes the most influential writers such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Angela Carter, Margaret Drabble, Penelope Fitzgerald, Miranda July, Doris Lessing, Katherine Mansfield, Alice Munro, Dorothy Parker, and Virginia Woolf. "The Story" is the largest and most beautiful collection of women's short fiction available on the market today.

Pages: 816, Year of Publication: 0301, Dimensions: 17.2x17.2cm