The Beautiful Indifference: Stories Sarah Hall
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Feb 5, 2014 - The West grew ever more detached from the permanent things—what is good, what is beautiful, and what is true—in which it was once so deeply rooted and were soon wholly consumed by the quest for material satisfaction. Nov 19, 2011 - Last week was National Short Story Week, but this week saw the publication of Sarah Hall's first collection of short stories, The Beautiful Indifference. Nov 17, 2013 - When she came to an stop halfway through 'Butcher's Perfume' (the first story in her collection The Beautiful Indifference) there was more than one audible sigh. Oct 4, 2013 - The call of the sea. The search for the permanent was This was spliced in, of course, with stories of people swept away by the rising waters, losing their homes, and the ever present political that always seems to find its way into the narrative. Hall began her writing career as a poet but made her name as a novelist. It promises solitude, adventure and a profound connection with nature both at its most beautiful and peaceful and at its most awesome and terrifying. Get top stories and blog posts emailed to me each day. Mar 3, 2014 - It is the indifference of empire, and there's not a lot any American president can do to change it, short of threatening what could escalate into a thermonuclear war. Nov 12, 2011 - (Hall's new story collection is called The Beautiful Indifference – hot damn, sign me up!) You don't get the feeling anything is really at stake in this story. Mar 26, 2014 - She used more than 3000 public records which validated “many aspects of the story”. But the people of this land had been careless and over time their carelessness created a monster. Once upon a time, not long ago and not far away there was a land that was filled with great beauty.