Escape Routes: The debut short story collection from the acclaimed author of The Rainshadow Orphans - Couverture souple

Ishiguro, Naomi

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 147226486X ISBN 13 : 9781472264862

Editeur : Tinder Press, 2021

Synopsis

In this debut short story collection, the author of the acclaimed Rainshadow Orphans merges the inventiveness of David Mitchell and the fairytale allure of Angela Carter to create a powerful magic.

A space-obsessed child conjures up a vortex in his mother's airing cupboard. A musician finds her friendship with a flock of birds opens up unexpected possibilities. A rat catcher, summoned to a decaying royal palace, is plunged into a battle for the throne of a ruined kingdom. Two newlyweds find themselves inhibited by the arrival in their lives of an outsized and watchful stuffed bear.

Whether snared in traps artfully laid for them, or those of their own making, the characters in Naomi Ishiguro's delightfully speculative debut collection yearn for freedom and flight, and find their worlds transformed beyond their wildest imaginings.

In this stunning debut collection, characters yearn for freedom and flight, and find their worlds transformed beyond their wildest imaginings.

'Naomi Ishiguro's crystal clear prose delights and intrigues' Sharlene Teo

'Winsomely written and engagingly quirky, these are inventive tales that favour imagination over gritty realism' The Sunday Times

'Ishiguro's imagination is a place where the fantastical lurks in the margins as a possibility, a flavour rather than a genre' The Herald

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Naomi Ishiguro studied writing at the University of East Anglia and is a former bookseller and bibliotherapist at Mr B.'s Emporium in Bath. She lives in London.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Naomi Ishiguro's fresh, magical and delightfully speculative short story collection merges the inventiveness of David Mitchell and the fairy-tale allure of Angela Carter to form its own powerful magic. Witness what happens when a space-obsessed child conjures up a vortex in his mother's airing cupboard in Shearing Season. Watch unexpected possibilities open up in The Flat Roof when a musician makes friends with a flock of birds. Get lost in the world of The Rat Catcher where, finding himself potentially out of his depth when he is summoned to a decaying royal palace, a rat catcher is plunged into a battle for the throne of a ruined kingdom.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tinder Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 147226486X
• ISBN 13: 9781472264862
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible