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Claire Fuller

English novelist and short story writer; author of Our Endless Numbered Days, winner of the 2015 Desmond Elliott Prize, and Unsettled Ground, winner of the 2021 Costa Novel Award.

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Train DreamsBook Denis Johnson

recommended

Train Dreams is set in the American West at the start of the 20th century, and it’s about a man called Robert Grainier, a railroad worker.

Five Books interview: the Best Novellas

2021-03-29·fivebooks.com ↗

BearBook Marian Engel

recommended

In my mind I have a very clear image of the house Lou visits, but if you were to read Bear, no matter how well Engel describes the house, it would look different in your mind.

Five Books interview: the Best Novellas

2021-03-29·fivebooks.com ↗

The Vet's DaughterBook Barbara Comyns

recommended

And though there are awful things that happen in The Vet’s Daughter, it’s not written like a horror novel.

Five Books interview: the Best Novellas

2021-03-29·fivebooks.com ↗

A Month in the CountryBook J. L. Carr

recommended

Even if, when writing a character from different gender or race than your own, you’re still using elements of what’s happened in your own life, the way I think Carr does in A Month in the Country.

Five Books interview: the Best Novellas

2021-03-29·fivebooks.com ↗

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