'A master class in the art of storytelling'ObserverThis short story collection demonstrates the enormous range of Tremain's talent and imagination. The teasing and brilliant title story,Evangelista's Fan,is set in a disturbing dreamlike version of Regency London,where a young italian clockmaker contrives a magical means,not only of repairing time,but also of unlocking the mechanism of sexual happiness.Here is history - Agincourt as seen by the herald who rides between the two camps - alongside such contemporary issues as mortgage debt and medical error. Here are stories set in Cornwall,Corsica,Nashville,Niagara and an unidentified city which conjures up any and every Western European capital. Here are the obstinate dreams of the old and the passionate struggles of the young; here is heartbreak and humour; and here,above all,is love in its many and varied forms.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780749396985Number of pages: 240Weight: 195 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 15 mm
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A master class in the art of storytellingTremain is elegant,cool and teasing...she is an extremely accomplished writer,ingenious and acute,compassionate and always in controlA perfect demonstration of Rose Tremain's beguilingly original and quirky mind and her ability to set words on paper in the most spellbinding wayIn this superb collection of short stories she displays a dazzling versatility... Rose Tremain's writing has a rare subtlety. And her imagination is extraordinary
Rose Tremain
A critically acclaimed British author and playwright,best-known for her expertly rendered historical fiction Rose Tremain is the author of works including: Restoration,Sacred Country,Music and Silence,Colour,The Darkness of Wallis Simpson,The Road Home,The Gustav Sonata and,most recently,her first work of autobiography,Rosie.
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