A dill pickle

She drew a long, soft breath, as though the paper daffodils between them were almost too sweet to bearKatherine Mansfield was a magician of the short story, whose work was described by Virginia Woolf as the only writing I have ever been jealous of. These eight tales show her gift for transforming fleeting moments a chance meeting, a letter received, a careless remark into small miracles of language and feeling.