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Apr 13, 2011
Abailart
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What goes around comes around. I lent Buddha Da to a friend last year; she was enthralled and has just lent me this collection of short stories.
Like all good short stories these are in at the middle, out in the middle, and constructed with an immense craft which belies their apparent simplicity, immediate transparency and intense accessibility. Then the scalpel sharp endings. I think "Donovan" and smile with a good feeling at the voice, yet these stories by and large deal wit More...
Like all good short stories these are in at the middle, out in the middle, and constructed with an immense craft which belies their apparent simplicity, immediate transparency and intense accessibility. Then the scalpel sharp endings. I think "Donovan" and smile with a good feeling at the voice, yet these stories by and large deal wit More...
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Nov 01, 2011
Alan
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another writer appearing at the Lancaster Literary festival Great Short Fiction day, and someone I'd been meaning to read since I saw Abailart's review
I liked these stories a lot, nearly as good as Agnes Owen (there are many similarities besides the Scottishness). You're reading stories here so rich in dialect that when you type a sentence out you get those red wavy Microsoft lines under every other word, or thereabouts:
We’d go tae the baths every Saturday morning, Agnes More...
I liked these stories a lot, nearly as good as Agnes Owen (there are many similarities besides the Scottishness). You're reading stories here so rich in dialect that when you type a sentence out you get those red wavy Microsoft lines under every other word, or thereabouts:
We’d go tae the baths every Saturday morning, Agnes More...
Jan 20, 2009
Andrea
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I'm not a reader of short story collections. This one used a lot of Glaswegian dialect, so it took me a wee while to wrap my head around some of it. But it was nice. I've already read Being Emily so I know I like Anne Donovan's style of writing.
It amazes me that writers can turn mundane things into stories that are readable.
It amazes me that writers can turn mundane things into stories that are readable.
Jul 17, 2008
Sarah
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People, please do not eat the library books. Even page nibbling is wrong.
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