A masterful collection of short stories from the prize-winning and bestselling Rose Tremain.
Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American for whom Edward Vlll abdicated the throne, is on her deathbed in her Paris flat, closely guarded by her lawyer who will not allow her any visitors. An East German border guard, redundant after the fall of the Berlin Wall, tries to reach Russia by bicycling across the hostile wastes of Poland.A jilted man gets his revenge. A baby grows wings. A character in an Impressionist painting escapes from his ‘frame’ – or does he?
‘Moving and tragic... The darkness of Rose Tremain is never far from the surface in this brilliantly written short story collection’ Daily Express
‘Classic, breathtaking Tremain’ Independent on Sunday, Books of the Year
‘Mordantly perceptive tales’ Sunday Times
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099268567
Number of pages: 224
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 18 mm
Weight: 163 g
Language: English
Classic, breathtaking Tremain - Independent on Sunday, Books of the Year
Mordantly perceptive tales - Sunday Times
Moving and tragic...the darkness of Rose Tremain is never far from the surface in this brilliantly written short story collection - Express
Written with the deft imagination we've come to know and love from Rose Tremain - Good Housekeeping
A distinguished collection - Stephanie Cross, Observer
Sprightly and inventive - Daily Telegraph
Her exactness and lightness of touch in scene-setting are used to superb effect in her short stories...Tremain is restless in her exploration of voices - Independent on Sunday
This collection is a jewel-box containing gems of near perfection... She's a consistently superior writer. Do yourself - and literature - a service: Read her - Globe & Mail
Rose Tremain is a prolific and much lauded writer but here she is at her best - Rebecca Newman, Daily Telegraph
Painful moments of self-revelation are expertly drawn - Sunday Herald
I Who Have Never Known Men
Heart the Lover
The Wedding People
By Your Side
Wild Dark Shore
The Housemaid
Taiwan Travelogue
Heated Rivalry
The Divorce
When the Cranes Fly South
The Long Shoe
The Impossible Fortune
The Daisy Chain Flower Shop
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