false 2339751 1 A man relates to cacti better than people. Another has his body excavated by a futuristic body-archaeologist. A village post woman strikes up a friendship with the Virgin Mary. A Paris restaurant is the setting for a surreal gathering. This book also explores with tenderness what it is to be human and flawed. What it is to love. To lose. To doubt. Comprising: Words From a Glass Bubble; "I Can Squash the King, Tommo"; On The Edge; Bones; Smoking Down There; Irrigation; Excavation; Dodie's Gift; The Lych-Warmer; The Carob Tree; Yellow Birds, Beaks Open; Cactus Man; The Kettle on the Boat; There Were Tigers; Harry's Catch; Simon's Skin; Closed Doors; Tasting Pebbles; Fuck Magnolia. 2346442 1 3 2008 Words from a Glass Bubble total:9|5:7|4:2| 9 43 16 5 5 2 false false Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 09:52:14 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 18:10:03 -0700 2008 wandering off to dabble in another -- and unless it's an epic novel that has curled its mighty fist around my head, I can walk away and return as much as a month later. ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 17 03:27:25 -0800 2007 Mon Jul 28 12:43:31 -0700 2008
"Words from a Glass Bubble" by Vanessa Gebbie is a collection of nineteen of her short stories, compiled in a handsome hardback from Salt Publishing. There's no overarching narrative, but although the stories are very different, some themes and images crop up more than once...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 17 03:22:24 -0800 2007 Mon Jul 28 12:19:03 -0700 2008
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