The Weight of a Human Heart

A dazzling and inventive story collection from the author of Their Brilliant Careers.

A series of graphs illustrates the disintegration of a marriage, step by excruciating step.

A literary spat – and an affair – play out in the book review section of a national newspaper.

The heartbreaking story of a Rwandan boy is hidden within his English exam paper.

A young girl learns her mother's disturbing secrets through the broken key on a typewriter.

Ranging from Australia to Africa to China and back again, The Weight of a Human Heart is a collection that turns the rules of storytelling on their head.

'Joyfully original… magnetic… a brilliant collection'

The Independent

'Daring, intelligent, witty, full of new discoveries and exhilarations'

The Guardian