In Pianos and Flowers we are invited to glimpse a world long departed. In these stories,inspired by long-lost photographs,the lives of the people in the frame are imagined and then explored,layer by layer.
Three sisters brought up in Penang,caught in the tide of war.
A group of small boys in a Glasgow slum - their childhood blighted by poverty,their adult lives taking very different paths.
A young woman's search for love in the unlikely realm of Egyptian antiquities.
And through all of these photographs,and all of these stories,there runs the same refrain: the possibilities of love,of friendship,of happiness lie before us.
Publisher: Birlinn GeneralISBN: 9781846975240Number of pages: 192Weight: 304 gDimensions: 205 x 135 x 20 mm
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'McCall Smith's expert handling of conflict and rich imagination make this one his fans will enjoy'
'The beloved author invites us to glimpse a world long departed... from Glasgow slums to Egyptian relics,love,friendship and happiness are the central themes'
'A picture paints a thousand words...this book demonstrates the imagination and skill of McCall Smith to be able to create personal stories from something as simple as a photograph'
'A delightful compendium of short stories'
Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith (or Sandy as he is often known) has written and contributed to over a hundred books including fiction,non-fiction and more than thirty children's books but he is best known for his No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series set in Botswana which has sold over twenty million copies worldwide.
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