How Much the Heart Can Hold
- Author Carys Bray, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Bernardine Evaristo, Grace McCleen, Donal Ryan, Nikesh Shukla, D.W. Wilson
- Narrator Grainne Gillis, Jane Collingwood, Jeff Harding, Jilly Bond, Luke Thompson, Raj Ghatak, Sarah Barron
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date 3 November 2016
- Run Time 5 hours and 22 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Modern and contemporary fiction, Short stories.
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What to expect
Zelda Fitzgerald
Love is not a singular concept.
In this collection, seven award-winning authors explore seven concepts of love: from Philautia, self-love, to Agape, love for humanity; and from Storge, a natural affection for family, to Mania, a frenzied, obsessive love:
La Douleur Exquise (the pain of unrequited love)
Before It Disappears by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (c) 2016
Pragma (enduring love)
One More Thing Coming Undone by D.W. Wilson (c) 2016
Philautia (love for oneself)
White Wine by Nikesh Shukla (c) 2016
Mania (obsessive love)
Magdala, Who Slips Sometimes by Donal Ryan (c) 2016
Storge (familial love)
Codas by Carys Bray (c) 2016
Eros (erotic love)
The Love Story by Grace McCleen (c) 2016
Agape (love for humanity)
The Human World by Bernardine Evaristo (c) 2016
Seven authors; seven short stories; seven flashes of love.
The publication of How Much the Heart Can Hold is heralded by a Sceptre short story competition. The winning story, based on a concept of love, will be published in the paperback edition.
(P) 2016 Hodder & Stoughton
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