Paradise Faber Stories

<p><b>Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.</b><br><br>''The taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose – there''s no one like Edna.'' <b>Anne Enright </b><br>''Surprising and beautiful and courageous .. A beacon.'' <b>Megan Nolan </b><br>''Brilliant and brave.''<b> Ann Patchett </b><br>''Glittering energy.'' <b>Colm Tóibín </b><br><br>An unnamed protagonist is on holiday with her new, much-married lover, in the company of the monstrously rich.<br><br>‘How long would she last? It would be uppermost in all their minds.’<br><br>Each day, while the others are out at sea, she is taught to swim. Eventually, she will be expected to perform. The pressure mounts; it is only a matter of time before she snaps.<br><br>Edna O’Brien crafts a quietly horrifying scene of eroticism and insecurity, and makes one woman’s near-fatal discomfort stand for society’s larger trap.<br><br><b>Bringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.</b></p>