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Shearman, Robert

 
9781905583140: Tiny Deaths

Synopsis

Robert Shearman's debut collection offers a gravity-defying spectacle: a procession of perfectly weighted what-ifs floating just above the real world, self-contained hypotheticals all buoyed up by a single, infinitely variable theme: mortality. Whether questioning our deepest metaphysical assumptions about death, or playing tricks with its analogies the death of a relationship, or the petit mort of the title Shearman continually surprises and subverts. Alien intelligence, reincarnation, imaginary children, even conversations with Hitler s childhood pet, are all deployed to unpack the complexity, absurdity and blessedness of seemingly ordinary people.

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert Shearman has worked as writer for television, radio, and the stage. He was appointed resident dramatist at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter, the youngest playwright ever recognised by the Arts Council in this way, and has received several international awards for his theatrical work, including the Sunday Times Playwriting Award, the World Drama Trust Award, and the Guinness Award for Ingenuity in association with the Royal National Theatre. His plays have been regularly produced by Alan Ayckbourn, and on BBC Radio by Martin Jarvis. However he is probably best known as a writer for Doctor Who, reintroducing the Daleks for its BAFTA winning first series, in an episode nominated for a Hugo award. He lives in London, and this is his first book.

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