Mrs Fox: Winner BBC National Short Award

“Sarah Hall has won this Award twice, recognition of her standing as this country’s foremost writer of short stories.”

— Jonathan Freedland

Summary

Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.

Walking ahead of him on the heath, his wife turns to look at him over her shoulder, ‘Topaz eyes glinting. Scorched face. Vixen.’

In language harvested from nature, Sarah Hall tells a story of metamorphosis, of wildness and fecundity, and of a man reaching for reason, who cannot let go of the creature he loves.

  • From the outset of our deliberations we were all seduced by our winning story. The poetic use of language, the dexterity and originality of the prose made Mrs Fox utterly unique. Inspired by the classic literary motif of metamorphosis, this thoroughly modern interpretation asks unsettling questions about our relationships to each other and to the natural world.

    Arts critic and broadcaster, Mariella Frostrup

Sarah Hall

About

Sarah Hall is one of the UK’s most talented authors. Twice nominated for Man-Booker Prize, the first and only writer to win the BBC National Short Story Award twice, she has written 10 highly acclaimed novels and short story collections.

Books

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