num_pages: 288
description: Eight short works feature characters who experience moments of profound understanding about themselves, from an American scientist who makes a life-changing decision, to an elderly surgeon's use of his grandfather's butterfly collection to make sense of the past.
language: English
title: A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies
titlecomplete: A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies
genres: Literature, Medicine, Medical, Literary Fiction, Asia, Australia, Fiction, Short Stories, Africa, Contemporary
ratings_count: 437
places: India, Sri Lanka, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, Africa, Wales
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Guardian First Book Award
category: Longlist
publisher: HarperCollins