Night Geometry And The Garscadden Trains
One of Granta's twenty Best of Young British Novelists in1993 and 2003
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Night Geometry And The Garscadden Trains Paperback ISBN: 9780099450061 Published: 01/11/2004 Imprint: Vintage Extent: 144 pages Subject: Contemporary Fiction $19.95 RRP
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Night Geometry And The Garscadden Trains EBook ISBN: 9781409002338 Published: 01/02/2011 Imprint: Vintage Digital Extent: 144 pages Subject: Contemporary Fiction $19.95 RRP Buy Now
Synopsis
The heroes and heroines of Night Geometry And The Garscadden Trains, A. L. Kennedy's first collection of stories, are small people - the kind who inhabit the silence in libraries, who never appear on screen and who never make the headlines. Often alone and sometimes lonely, her characters ponder the mysteries of sex and death-and the ability of public transport to affect our lives.
Editorial Reviews
"A. L. Kennedy is one of the most brilliant writers of her generation" - Sunday Telegraph
"This woman is a profound writer" - Richard Ford
"A collection of fifteen exquisite and troubling tales-It is a particular delight to discover a writer as original as A. L. Kennedy" - Mail on Sunday
"The clarity, wit and description of her style are uplifting-A writer in her thirties, who is becoming one of Britain's best" - The Times
"The supremely original writer among a gifted generation of young British fiction talents" - Scotland on Sunday
"A writer of linguistic brilliance, balm-bearing humanity and blissful originality" - Scotsman
"Kennedy writes with flaying precision about things we won't often admit to ourselves, let alone speak aloud" - Daily Mail
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