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BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING GREAT CIRCLE'Maggie Shipstead combines cinematic scope with a poet's attention to detail' THE TIMESA collection of sparkling award-winning stories from Maggie Shipstead, epic storyteller and astonishing chronicler of the daring and the damaged. Diving into eclectic and vivid settings, from an Olympic village to a deathbed in Paris to a Pacific atoll, and illuminating a cast of unforgettable characters, Shipstead traverses the ordinary and extraordinary with cunning, compassion, and wit. Meet the silent cowgirl and horse wrangler escaping an ugly home life, only to fall into a decade-long triangle of unrequited love; a male novelist who is just reckoning with his own pretentiousness as his debut novel goes to print; a honeymoon couple's time in the hills of Romania builds into a moment of shattering tragedy.

In the title story, a famous child actress breaks away from a religious cult, as she tells - with brittle candour - her tale of childhood damage and the dark side of fame. Exuding both tenderness and bite, Shipstead exposes complicated truths in this dazzling collection sealing her reputation as an astonishingly versatile master of fiction. ---------------------'Shipstead is a writer who can vividly summon whatever she chooses, taking the reader deep inside the world she creates' FINANCIAL TIMES

DE AUTORUL PREMIULUI BOOKER SI CEL MAI VANZUT DE LA NEW YORK TIMES GREAT CIRCLE ,,Maggie Shipstead combina amploarea cinematografica cu atentia la detalii a unui poet" Colectia TIMESA de povesti stralucitoare, castigatoare de premii, de la Maggie Shipstead, povestitoare epica si cronicar uimitor. iar cei pagubiti. Scufundandu-se in decoruri eclectice si vii, de la un sat olimpic la un pat de moarte din Paris la un atol din Pacific si iluminand o distributie de personaje de neuitat, Shipstead traverseaza obisnuitul si extraordinarul cu viclenie, compasiune si inteligenta.