The Pied Piper Of Hamelin

'Love Stories' brings together a captivating assortment of short stories inspired
by romantic entanglement in its many forms: first love, infatuation, obsession,
unrequited love, marriage, adultery, jealousy, and the complicated bonds of those
who have spent their lives together. An array of writers evoke a variety of moods,
from the raw, erotic passion of Lawrence and Colette to the wickedlycynical comedy
of Dorothy Parker and Roald Dahl; from the agonizing madness of jealousy in Nabokov's
'That in Aleppo Once ...' to romantic illusions in Scott Fitzgerald's 'Winter Dreams'.Objects
of passion range from a glamorous silent-movie star in Elizabeth Bowen's haunting
'Dead Mabelle' to a faithful ghost in Kawabata's 'Immortality' and a successful
heart surgeon and serial husband in Margaret Atwood's 'Bluebeard's Egg'. Jhumpa
Lahiri plumbs the depths of a couple sundered by tragedy while Lorrie Moore movingly
portrays a husband and wife brought together by it.

Katherine Mansfield, Tobias Wolff and William Trevor explore the intricacies
of long-term relationships, while Maupassant, Calvino and T. C. Boyle convey the
elemental force of love in extremely different ways.
Together these
nineteen stories make an enticing gift for lovers at any stage of life. It is perfect
for Valentine's Day.