Why Don't You Stop Talking: Stories

by JackieKay (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2002

  $6.38

  The long awaited collection of stories from award-winning Jackie; Kay Following on from Jackie Kay's award-winning first novel, Trumpet, comes a collection of superlative stories. In true Kay style these small masterpieces cover a great deal of emotional and narrative terrain, from an immaculate observation of the female physiognomy to the bewilderment of the elderly; from silent hidden love to a lifetime reminiscence of an immigrant's England, these stories are warm and tender, frightening and funny. They confirm the arrival of a major storyteller.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.26

  Following on from her award-winning first novel, Trumpet , comes a collection of superlative stories. In true Kay style, these small masterpieces cover a great deal of emotional and narrative terrain, from an immaculate observation of the female physiognomy to the bewilderment of the elderly; from silent hidden love to a lifetime reminiscence of an immigrant's England. Warm and tender, frightening and funny, these stories confirm the arrival of a major storyteller. A stunner. I am heartbroken to have finished it - Ali Smith. The beauty of Kay's stories is in how much they continue to resonate long after finishing - Time Out . These pieces contain - and ultimately liberate - definitively human ordinariness, a rigmarole of isolation and love, fidelity and betrayal, noise and silence, birth and death - Guardian . One of the liveliest talents of her generation - Sunday Telegraph .