Book review: Lunatics, Lovers And Poets: Twelve Stories After Cervantes And Shakespeare

SOME of the brightest lights of contemporary fiction celebrate the timelessness of William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes in a collection of short stories to mark the 400th anniversary of both men’s deaths.

Edited by Daniel Hahn and Margarita Valencia €12.75; ebook €6.40)

Salman Rushdie introduces a dozen fascinating original takes by writers including Nigeria’s Ben Okri, Colombia’s Juan Gabriel Vasquez and Britain’s Deborah Levy, in a book organised by &Other Stories and the Hay Festival.