Birthday Stories

Introduction : My birthday, your birthday -- The Moor / Russell Banks -- Dundun / Denis Johnson -- Timothy's birthday / William Trevor -- The birthday cake / Daniel Lyons -- Turning / Lynda Sexson -- Forever overhead / David Foster Wallace -- Angel of mercy, angel of wrath / Ethan Canin -- The birthday present / Andrea Lee -- The bath / Raymond Carver -- A game of dice / Paul Theroux -- Close to the water's edge / Claire Keegan -- Birthday girl / Haruki Murakami.