An anthology for AIDS charities, featuring Gabriel García Marquez, Margaret Atwood, John Updike, Susan Sontag, Hanif Kureishi and José Saramago.
Rarely have so many writers of such variety and distinction appeared on a contents list in the same anthology. Their stories capture the range of emotions and situations of our human universe: tragedy, comedy, fantasy, satire, dramas of sexual love and of war, in different continents and cultures.
Along with making music, the art of storytelling is the oldest form of enchantment as entertainment. The twenty-one stories in this anthology are written in different 'voices' - vividly individual styles - and all have come together to bring the joy of reading to whoever takes up this remarkable collection.

All twenty-one writers have given their stories without any fee or royalty. The publishers of each edition in each country where the anthology is published have produced the book without receiving any profit or royalty.

All royalties and profits from the sale of Telling Tales will go to HIV and AIDS preventive education and for medical treatment for people in southern Africa.