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Something Like Breathing

Something Like Breathing

by Angela Readman (Author)

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    Paperback 2019

    $11.63
Synopsis

It's the fifties, and Lorrie is unimpressed when her family moves to the remote Scottish island where her grandad runs a whisky distillery. She befriends Sylvie, the shy girl next door: `The slightest smile from Sylvie was a fluffy elephant at the fayre. It had to be won with a clear aim,' writes Lorrie in her diary. Yet fun-loving Lorrie isn't sure Sylvie's is the friendship she wants to win. As the adults around them struggle to keep their lives on an even keel, the two young women are drawn into a series of events that leave the small town wondering who exactly Sylvie is and what strange gift she is hiding.Readman's feel for emotional nuance and her natural flair for mixing strangeness with poignant everyday detail make this long-awaited debut novel one to savour.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: And Other Stories
Published: 09 Jan 2019
ISBN 10: 191150830X
ISBN 13: 9781911508304
Book Overview: Long-awaited debut novel from Costa Short Story Award-winner Remote Scottish island setting and Scotch whisky theme will appeal to heritage readers Observant, touching character portrayals will appeal to fans of Helen Dunmore, Xan Brooks and Wioletta Greg Unexpected magical elements will appeal to readers of Angela Carter, Camilla Grudova and Kelly Link

Media Reviews
'Angela Readman's stories are fantastic, delightful gifts.' Toby Litt, author of Hospital and one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists'Angela Readman's prose exhibits two complimentary styles: fabulation is rendered deadpan, while wonderfully inventive similes are used to describe the everyday. Borges, Kafka and Angela Carter will all be reference points, but there is something joyfully distinctive about Readman's voice.' Toby Lichtig, Sunday Telegraph 'Readman writes with precision. Her stories emit suppressed yearning and she makes poignant comments about loneliness, identity, survival. Angela Carter is an obvious influence but fans of Donald Barthelme and Charles Baudelaire will cherish the emergence of a moral absurdist for our times.' Max Liu, The Independent 'A masterclass in the surreal . . . This slim volume shows why she won the Costa Short Story Award.' Max Wallis, 10 Best Spring Reads, The Independent `Sparky, shining writing that zings from the page. Subversive, funny and incisive. A real talent.' Sarah Hilary, author of Someone Else's Skin
Author Bio
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 also writes poetry, and her collection The Book of Tides was published by Nine Arches in 2016. Something Like Breathing is her first novel.