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Bent into fable

Stories that swell with feeling
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December 2025, no. 482

The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie

Jonathan Cape, $34.99 pb, 272 pp

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Bent into fable

Stories that swell with feeling
by
December 2025, no. 482

‘I think it is the art of the glimpse’, said William Trevor of the short story.

If the novel is like an intricate Renaissance painting, the short story is an impressionist painting. It should be an explosion of truth. Its strength lies in what it leaves out just as much as what it puts in, if not more.

The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour

by Salman Rushdie

Jonathan Cape, $34.99 pb, 272 pp

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ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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