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Southerly
Engelsk Paperback
Southerly
Engelsk Paperback

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Short stories of subtle menace and Lydia Davis-esque humor. On the eve of an important battle, a colonel is visited in his tent by an indigenous woman with a message to pass on. A man sets about renovating the house of his childhood, and starts to feel that he might be rebuilding his own life in the process. At a private clinic to treat the morbidly obese, a caregiver has issues of her own…These are stories of immigration, marginality, history, intimacy and obsession. They each present their own distinctive view of the world through the lives of their respective characters – who are as dissimilar as they are complex – and the profound transformations they undergo. As reflections on the uncontrollable nature of life, as depictions of how even the most innocent detail can become a threat, these stories do not offer neat endings but rather remain open to the reader’s sense of inquisitiveness.Southerly is a perfect introduction to what has been called ‘the Consiglian logic of story-telling’ (Cabezón Cámara), in which events don’t always occur sequentially, and where the reader quickly learns to tiptoe between the tiniest of details, as if walking through a minefield.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
122
ISBN-13:
9781913867577
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1913867579
Udg. Dato:
16 maj 2023
Længde:
13mm
Bredde:
198mm
Højde:
130mm
Forlag:
Charco Press
Oplagsdato:
16 maj 2023
Forfatter(e):
Books from the same author
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