Dazzling the Gods: Stories

Dazzling the Gods: Stories

by TomVowler (Author)

Synopsis

A brother returns from exile to stir up the past. A macabre performance in the bowels of a Parisian museum must be seen to be believed. Lovers torn apart by heroin confront their loss in wildly divergent ways. A severely disabled husband struggles with the permission he has bestowed. And a widower observes his daughter blossoming amid the carnage of war. Rich with dark, beguiling, playful and audacious tales, Dazzling the Gods is the second short story collection from award-winning author Tom Vowler.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Publisher: Unbound
Published: 25 Jan 2018

ISBN 10: 1783523999
ISBN 13: 9781783523993
Book Overview: A collection of dark, beguiling, playful and audacious short stories from Scott Prize-winner Tom Vowler

Media Reviews
Elegant and dreamlike -- Colin Barrett
Beautiful and assured -- Danielle McLaughlin
Vowler is not afraid to be new, to be dangerous with it and flaunt his talent * Short Review *
Intelligent, absorbing and beautifully done -- Carys Bray
I'm an admirer of Vowler's short stories -- Alison Moore
Author Bio
Tom Vowler is an award-winning novelist and short story writer living in south-west England. His debut collection, The Method, won the Scott Prize in 2010 and the Edge Hill Readers' Prize in 2011, while his novels, What Lies Within and That Dark Remembered Day, received critical acclaim. He is editor of the literary journal Short Fiction and an associate lecturer in creative writing at Plymouth University, where he completed his PhD.