The Book of Newcastle: A City in Short Fiction - Couverture souple

Andrews, Jessica; Darling, Julia; Ermiya, Crista; Glazebrook, Chrissie; Mensah, J. A.; O'Brien, Sean; Readman, Angela; Reed, Glynis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1905583109 ISBN 13 : 9781905583102

Editeur : Comma Press, 2020

Synopsis

Featuring Portico Prize winning author Jessica Andrews (Saltwater).

The original Northern Powerhouse, Newcastle upon Tyne has witnessed countless transformations over the last century or so, from its industrial heyday, when Tyneside engineering and innovation led the world, through decades of post-industrial decline, and underinvestment, to its more recent reinvention as a cultural destination for the North. The ten short stories gathered here all feature characters in search of something, a new reality, a space, perhaps, in which to rediscover themselves: from the call-centre worker imagining herself far away from the claustrophobic realities of her day job, to the woman coming to terms with an ex-lover who's moved on all too quickly, to the man trying to outrun his mother's death on Town Moor. The Book of Newcastle brings together some of the city's most renowned literary talents, along with exciting new voices, proving that while Newcastle continues to feel the effects of its lost industrial past, it is also a city striving for a future that brims with promise.

As featured in The Irish Times, Wasafari, The London Magazine and Stylist magazine.

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À propos de l'auteur

Angela Readman is a twice shortlisted winner of the Costa Short Story Award. Her debut story collection Don't Try This at Home was published by And Other Stories in 2015. It won The Rubery Book Prize and was shortlisted in the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. She was longlisted for the Frank O Connor Prize 2015 and was winner of the 2013 Costa Short Story Award. She also writes poetry, and her collection The Book of Tides was published by Nine Arches in 2016. Something Like Breathing is her first novel, published by And Other Stories in 2019.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Comma Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1905583109
• ISBN 13: 9781905583102
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Éditeur: Readman Angela, Turner Zoe
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