by JamesLasdun (Author)
In sharply evoked settings that range from the wilds of Northern Greece to the beaches of Cape Cod, these intensely dramatic tales chart the metamorphoses of their characters as they fall prey to the gamut of human passions. The lives in them seethe with love, hate, desire, fear, tender corruption and cruel idealism. They rise to unexpected heights of decency, stumble into comic or tragic folly, they throw themselves open to lust, longing, paranoia - but they are always recognisably, illuminatingly, our lives. Winner of the BBC National Short Story Award.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01 Apr 2010
ISBN 10: 0099512327
ISBN 13: 9780099512325
Book Overview: A brilliant new collection from one of our finest story writers, also a celebrated contemporary poet.