NOVELETTE by A. L. Barker ( 9780571253807 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

NOVELETTE
WITH OTHER STORIES

By:

A. L. Barker

Format:

Paperback

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£13.00

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£11.70

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ISBN 10:

0571253806

ISBN 13:

9780571253807

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Publisher:

FABER & FABER

Pub. date:

20 August, 2009

Pages:

240

Description:

A collection of short stories that features such characters as - a man who can evoke no feeling over his wife's desertion is finally moved to tears of grief over a dying fox; a young boy who is uncannily drawn in a devastating depiction of the misdirection of love; and, a soldier, recuperating from wounds and shock.

Synopsis:

A man who can evoke no feeling over his wife's desertion is finally moved to tears of grief over a dying fox; a young boy is uncannily drawn in a devastating depiction of the misdirection of love; and a soldier, recuperating from wounds and shock, finds himself drawn to the elderly woman who has taken him in, despite the looming presence of her rather fussy country draper husband. The characters in Barker's compelling stories are linked by the profound nature of their emotional ties; her depiction of love and of the complexity of human emotion is second to none. This is another startling, assured short story collection from a compelling writer of incredible grace and assurance.

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Faber & Faber

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