Madame Zero: 9 Stories, Paperback

From one of the most accomplished British writers working today, the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Wolf Border , comes a unique and arresting collection of short fiction that is both disturbing and dazzling.

Sarah Hall has been hailed as "one of the most significant and exciting of Britain's young novelists" ( The Guardian ), a writer whose "intelligence and ambition are thrilling to behold" ( BookForum ). Her work has been acclaimed as "amazing . . . terrific and original" ( Washington Post ). In this collection of nine works of short fiction, she uses her piercing insight to plumb the depth of the female experience and the human soul.

A husband's wife transforms into a vulpine in "Mrs. Fox," winner of the BBC Short Story Prize. In "Case Study 2, " A social worker struggles with a foster child raised in a commune. A new mother runs into an old lover in "Luxury Hour." In incandescent prose, full of rich observations and striking clarity, Hall has composed nine wholly original pieces--works of fiction that will resonate long after the final page is turned.