My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead

A wide-ranging and eclectic collection of short stories on the theme of love in its many forms: romantic, erotic, impossible, undying and exhausted. Featuring the very best contemporary and classic authors, including Anton Chekhov, William Faulkner, Milan Kundera, Vladimir Nabokov, Richard Ford, Raymond Carver and Alice Munro. 'Eugenides's artful arrangement of the stories adds to their pleasure. The collection is full of intriguing echoes that complement... one's responses' "Sunday Telegraph"