Transition / Maria Takolander. The naturals / Sam Lipsyte -- Six days in glorious Vienna / Yoko Ogawa -- The unintended / Gina Apostol -- Extremadura (until night falls) / Kevin Barry -- Holy island / Ross Raisin -- The place for me / E.C. Osondu -- The rape essay (or mutilated pages) / Suzanne Scanlon -- Finishing lines / Sara Baume -- Animal heart / Niven Govinden -- Distant song / Kristín Ómarsdóttir -- Big island, small island / Francesca Marciano -- Made / David Hayden -- Palomino / Mark Doten -- City inside / Porochista Khakpour -- New Zealand Flax / Éilís Ní Dhuibhne -- Transition / Maria Takolander.
Summary:
With stories from some of the best writers working today, A Kind of Compass brings us to places and situations we could never otherwise experience. Funny, unnerving, vivid and real, these stories evoke the nature of distance, exploring the many ways in which it is possible to feel far from home.
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