Paperback. Pub Date :2012-06-07 Language: English Publisher:. Mariner Margaret Drabble is one of the major literary figures of her generation In this collection of her complete short fiction from across four decades. she examines the intense private worlds and passions of everyday people. From one mans honeymooning epiphany in Hassans Tower to the journeying fantasies of A Voyage to Cythera. and from the sharp joy of The Merry Widow to the bloody reality of the collections title story. these are moving. witty and provocative tales. exploring cruel and loving relationships. social change and personal obsessions. and confirming her status as a leading practitioner of the art of the short story.