The Penguin Book Of Christmas Stories From Hans Christian Andersen To Angela Carter

Binding: Hardcover
Description: The perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive stories of all time - now in a beautiful clothbound edition This is a collection of the most magical moving chilling and surprising Christmas stories from around the world taking us from frozen Nordic woods to glittering Paris a New York speakeasy to an English country house bustling Lagos to midnight mass in Rio and even outer space. Here are classic tales from writers including Truman Capote Shirley Jackson Dylan Thomas Saki and Chekhov as well as little - known treasures such as Italo Calvino's wry sideways look at Christmas consumerism Wolfdietrich Schnurre's story of festive ingenuity in Berlin Selma Lagerlof's enchanted forest in Sweden and Ir ne Nemerovsky's dark family portrait. Featuring santas ghosts trolls unexpected guests curmudgeons and miracles here is Christmas as imagined by some of the greatest short story writers of all time.
Title: The Penguin Book Of Christmas Stories From Hans Christian Andersen To Angela Carter
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
Barcode: 9780241455654
Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 11/8/2022
Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
Category: Short Stories