Waiting and other modern stories – Kingsley Amis - Stan Barstow - Roald Dahl - Dan Jacobson - Katherine Mansfield – Cambridge University Press – 1981 – Blanda
**Waiting and other modern stories**: How does a young girl react when she caught between the rich, sheltered world of her family, and the ugly reality of poverty and death in the world outside? What happens when a family is broken up because the childen feel they must leave home to find a better life abroad? How does a boy cope with father's overwhelming ambition for him?
