內容簡介
英國微型小說選本選集中的21篇小說大多是新作，有些是在年寫成的。作者絕大多數是專業作家，也有少數是業餘創作人員。他們寫的內容較廣泛有嚴肅的題材，有輕快的故事每篇都反映了英國社會的生活一個側面有時候小證券交易的主角不是人物，例如亞瑟·克拉克的《咀咒》中的主角是一條河流，或者說是英國本身。編者認為有人說短篇小說這一文學品種已經凋謝但從現實看，它仍有活力仍在發展。
本書目錄
introduction
the poets and the housewife:a fable martin armstrong
dingof.bennett
the german boy ron butlin
shopping for one anne cassidy
the curse arthur c.clarke
the time keeper elspeth davie
getting used to it douglas dunn
having taken off my wheels martin elliott
the tree house ronald frame
up-ladle at three william glynne-fones
three resolutions to one kashmiri encounter:anaridtitle for a human incident giles gordon
thucydides rachel gould
the girl in the mad hatDorothygoulden
the otherlaunderettethomas hinde
trust mother audry thomas hinde
the return of the moon man e.l.malpass
trotsky's other son carol singh
the wedding jug philip smith
the man fane stone
nothing has changed colin thubron
the small horse steve walker
acknowledgements
