num_pages: 288
description: One of the most original and daring writers in English letters, Michel Faber shows his incredible mastery of wildly diverse literary forms with this, his longawaited second collection of stories. Faber’s characters in these 17 fictions are often dislocated—fragile beings confronting moments of fracture—in worlds that are both real and surreal. From the achingly sad lives of “The Safehouse” to the moments of exquisite happiness in “Vanilla- right Like Eminem” to the futuristic savagery of “The Fahrenheit Twins,” these are fearless stories that crack our humanity wide open. With his brilliant characterization and pitch-perfect prose, Michel Faber has produced a short story collection that will seal his reputation as one of our most arresting and gifted writers.
language: English
title: The Fahrenheit Twins
titlecomplete: The Fahrenheit Twins
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, British Literature, Surreal, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, 21st Century, Literary Fiction, Unfinished
ratings_count: 1152
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: BBC National Short Story Award
category: 'The Safehouse'
publisher: HarperCollins Publishers