Two girls in silk kimonos

A woman hacks at a tree while her daughter chases her targets deep into the bush A visitor walks up the path towards razor topped gates A man drives his nameless passenger towards a fractured city At the reservoir dark shapes move in the depths of the water Traversing England the Balkans and New Zealand past and present these stories trace the unexpected paths of people s lives. Two girls in spanish From the winner of the 2012 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Two Girls in a Boat is a debut of clear eyed unnerving brilliance Two Girls in a boatI know I m biased by the pleasure of reading stories set in the part of the world I m familiar with but these are beautifully observed tales English Lifer these stories English