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The Weight of a Human Heart
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A dazzling and inventive story collection from the author of Their Brilliant Careers.
A series of graphs illustrates the disintegration of a marriage, step by excruciating step.
A literary spat – and an affair – play out in the book review section of a national newspaper.
The heartbreaking story of a Rwandan boy is hidden within his English exam paper.
A young girl learns her mother's disturbing secrets through the broken key on a typewriter.
Ranging from Australia to Africa to China and back again, The Weight of a Human Heart is a collection that turns the rules of storytelling on their head.
'Joyfully original… magnetic… a brilliant collection'
The Independent
'Daring, intelligent, witty, full of new discoveries and exhilarations'
The Guardian