The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories

About this book

A boy boards an omnibus on an ordinary suburban street and discovers that its destination lies far beyond the city. For E. M. Forster, the boundary between the everyday and the impossible can be crossed with almost embarrassing ease.

This collection gathers stories in which strange encounters reveal the limits of respectable habits and conventional thinking. Fantasy, satire and quiet emotional discovery sit close together. Forster's supernatural moments rarely arrive with elaborate warnings; they enter familiar life and expose how much its inhabitants have stopped noticing.