This definitive collection of Nadine Gordimer's short fiction spans the course of her career to date, including four new stories from the Nobel laureate, and it is a testament to the power, force, and ongoing relevance of Gordimer's vision.

Whether writing about lovers, parents and children, or married couples, Gordimer maps out the terrain of human relationships with razor-sharp psychological insight and a stunning lack of sentimentality. Time and again, she forces us to examine how our stated intentions come into conflict with our unspoken desires.