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The Old World and Other Stories (Paperback)
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The Old World and Other Stories (Paperback)
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Loot Price R372
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Stirred by a series of found photographs, critically acclaimed
author Cary Fagan brilliantly imagines the lost stories behind them
in this dazzling story collection. Many years ago the photographs
in this book became separated from their original owners, faces
unrecognized, settings a mystery. They floated through this world,
as if on a sorrowful wind… I have given them stories to replace
the ones they have lost. So begins the bewitching new collection
from acclaimed author Cary Fagan, and a journey into a world that
is both achingly familiar and wonderfully strange. A man hangs onto
a runaway horse. A woman paints in the nude. A child sparks a
revolution. These stories, each inspired by a found photograph, are
by turns realistic and surreal, bloody and tender, delightful and
appalling. Here are stories that playfully vary in technique and
form: monologues, dialogues, interviews, letters, transcripts, tall
tales, and capsule histories form a single portrait, belonging —
in the words of the author — “to one history, found in an album
that might belong to any of us.” Fagan paints a portrait of
re-imagined lives that is comic and tragic, profound and
unforgettable. The beauty, humour, and the horror of days gone by
haunt these pages and resonate in the world we find ourselves in
today.
General
Imprint: |
House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
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Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
September 2017 |
Authors: |
Cary Fagan
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Dimensions: |
203 x 133 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4870-0146-9 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-4870-0146-0 |
Barcode: |
9781487001469 |
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