Haunting,uplifting,beautiful: the final work from Helen Dunmore.
Helen Dunmore passed away in June 2017,leaving behind this remarkable collection of short stories. With her trademark imagination and gift for making history human,she explores the fragile ties between passion,love,family,friendship and grief,often through people facing turning points in their lives:a girl alone,stretching her meagre budget to feed herself,becomes aware that the young man who has come to see her may not be as friendly as he seems.
Two women from very different backgrounds enjoy an unusual night out,finding solace in laughter and an unexpected friendship. A young man picks up his infant son and goes outside into a starlit night as he makes a decision that will inform the rest of his life. A woman imprisoned for her religion examines her faith in a seemingly literal and quietly original way.
This brilliant collection of Helen Dunmore's short fiction,replete with her penetrating insight into the human condition,is certain to delight and move all her readers.
Publisher: CornerstoneISBN: 9781786090515Number of pages: 400Weight: 277 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 24 mm
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'This posthumous collection from the much-loved author,focusing on motherhood,war and women under threat,is an act of tender commemoration... there are new departures on the themes that preoccupied Dunmore: childhood,motherhood,war,friendship,forgotten lives.'- The Guardian,Book of the Week
'Wisdom and wit shine out from Helen Dunmore's last stories... The simplicity of the writing is deceptive; Dunmore manages to say a lot about families,about the mystery of creativity,and the shock of seeing someone you thought you knew in a new light.'- The Times
'Dunmore's gift for period detail combines with the respect she has for her characters'inner lives to produce an effect that is oddly moving.'- TheSunday Times
'Dunmore's love of history glints and gleams in this elegant,posthumous collection.'- The Daily Mail
'Whether musing on a portrait of John Donne or a friendship between two widows,the late,much missed Dunmore always has something worth saying.'- Mail on Sunday
Helen Dunmore
Helen Dunmore,who died in 2017,was widely recognised as one of the most acclaimed and talented writers of her generation; in their obituary,the Guardian described her as a'poet and novelist with a flair for reinvention and making history human'.
The author of novels,short stories,numerous books for young adults and children and poetry,Dunmore first made her name with her 1988 poetry collection The Raw Garden. As a novelist,her works include: A Spell of Winter (which won the 1996 Orange Prize),The Siege (which was shortlisted for the Orange and Whitbread Prizes),The Betrayal (longlisted for the Booker Prize),Exposure and her last novel Birdcage Walk. Her other works include the Ingo Chronicles fantasy series for children and poetry collections The Malarkey and Inside the Wave which won the 2017 Costa Book of the Year Award. Released posthumously,Girl,Balancing and Other Storieswas published in 2018.
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