false 3870172 1 These prize-winning stories deal with life, love, loneliness, delusion, misunderstanding, death. An office worker wakes to find his body invaded by a mysterious parasite. A desperate woman seeks escape through fire. A girl who knows only the forest is taken to the city for the first time. A solitary young boy conjures a girl from leaves to replace his twin sister. In one story a governess is forced to come to terms with the truth of the family she has loved and served, and the world in which she lives. In another, a one-night stand with a sadist triggers a meditation on sexual pleasure and serial killers. Some characters look for work, for ways to change their lives, for somewhere new to live; others for someone to love or be loved by, or to hurt. Not everyone is good. Not everyone is honest with himself or herself. Not everyone gets what they want, or deserve. The stories’ settings range across time and space, from the colonial outback in the late nineteenth century to contemporary urban life in London and Rome and Paris, to both warring sides of the Second World War. The tone is comic, dry, satirical, vivid, magical, disturbing, poignant, spare. Not a word is wasted in these stories, which describe the world not only as it is and was, but also as it might be. Maggie Gee said: "These are accomplished stories of great subtlety and restraint. I absolutely love ‘The Scent of Cinnamon'. Made all the hairs on my arms stand up. A classic. So confidently and beautifully written … Charles Lambert is a very interesting writer who could one day attain classic status." 3915362 15 10 2008 The Scent of Cinnamon: and Other Stories (Salt Modern Fiction) total:14|5:9|4:3|3:1|2:1|1:0| 14 62 63 6 4 4 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 09 01:54:15 -0800 2009 Wed Jul 22 00:59:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 28 04:05:38 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 04:11:01 -0800 2008 1 http://elizabethbaines.blogspot.com/2008...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 00:17:07 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 05 04:08:57 -0800 2009 Author Charles Lambert discusses The Scent of Cinnamon on VitaVagabonda.

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