A Vintage Christmas — Random House

VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. 'There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas' said Charles Dickens. There are also petty jealousies, mournful reminiscences, family feuds, inequalities and injustices, and fakery and excess and shopping, shopping, shopping - all in the name of Christmas. Our best writers have seen it all and written it down, capturing along the way what abides that is good and true in the festive season, and what real magic can be found. Including stories from Charles Dickens, Alice Munro, Louis de Bernieres, Laurie Lee, John Cheever, Anne Enright, Helen Simpson, Raymond Carver and Stella Gibbons. Vintage Minis bring you the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human - from birth to death and everything in between