'Mellow, intelligent and very funny ... A perfect antidote for melancholy.' --The Guardian
The mix of emotions - anticipation, frustration, heartfelt despair, joyful ecstasy and uncertainty - associated with the Christmas period is laid bare in Ian Sansom's latest collection of short stories. However, it is not a despairing collection. Nor is it all reindeer, eggnog and happy times ... that would be just too fictional. A festive collection to make readers stop and think about the nuanced difference between expectation - false and hopeful - and reality. And to wonder how we ever survive this most brutal and magical month.
Sansom's stories take us on a multitude of familiar journeys made new: the nativity play; the teacher's Christmas appeal; a Polaroid moment where 1970s Florida meets The Clash; imaginary sash windows; beards; poets; festive apparel; aging drug dealers; professional thieves; airports; the overzealous use of cellophane...
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Hardcover. Zustand: new. Hardcover. A Collection of Short Stories, Vignettes, Axiom/Anti Axiom, the Odd Recipe , Art Criticism ,Meditations and Literary Antidotes on All Things related to the Festive Season.The anticipation, frustration, heartfelt despair, joyful ecstasy and uncertainty associated with this period is laid bare in Ian Sansom's latest collection. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781999882235
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