The World to Come

A fantastic writer - compassionate, funny and fearless'' George Saunders''One of the US''s finest writers'' according to Joshua Ferris, Jim Shepard now delivers a new collection that spans borders ...

A fantastic writer - compassionate, funny and fearless'' George Saunders''One of the US''s finest writers'' according to Joshua Ferris, Jim Shepard now delivers a new collection that spans borders and centuries with unrivalled mastery. These ten stories ring with voices as diverse as those belonging to Arctic explorers in history''s most nightmarish expedition, the Montgolfier brothers competing to be the first man to fly, and two American frontierswomen whose passionate connection is severed by jealous husbands and a deadly snowstorm.In each case the personal is the political as these humans,