White Light - Couverture souple

O'Flynn, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0987254626 ISBN 13 : 9780987254627

Editeur : Spineless Wonders, 2013

Synopsis

O'Flynn takes us into his local neighbourhood where people, both the ordinary and the bizarre, wrestle with the challenges and puzzles that life throws at them. His characters delight us and his language never ceases to surprise. In this eclectic collection, O'Flynn, an accomplished poet, turns his hand to linked short stories, micro-fictions and monologues. He displays ventriloquist-like skill, conjuring Shakespeare's Iago, an illiterate inmate called Banjo and a famous Australian poet who finds herself trapped in a toilet cubicle. Monopoly and ping-pong become extended metaphors for the games of everyday life. The result is a heady mix of wordplay, philosophical ruminations and astute social observation. "O'Flynn's faultless ear for laconic Aussie parlance, his wry ability to turn a story in a moment from comedy to tragedy and back again, his exhilaratingly deft range...all this makes him one of a kind, in my opinion. A hugely enjoyable collection." CATE KENNEDY

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mark O'Flynn is the author of The Forgotten World and Grassdogs, which won the Harper Collins/Varuna manuscript prize. His short stories, articles, reviews, and poems have appeared in Australian Book Review, The Bulletin, The Good Weekend, Heat, Island, Overland, and Westerly.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Spineless Wonders
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0987254626
• ISBN 13: 9780987254627
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 150
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible