More Sawn-Off Tales (Paperback, 2nd New edition)

In stories that are laugh out loud funny, cringingly weird and desperately sad., Gaffney introduces the possibility of momentary actions that change everything; a swimming man sees a hundred glass eyes at the bottom of a river; a broken vase causes a couple to re-examine their relationship with the universe; a zoo with only three animals makes a man reconsider his relationship to his surrounding; and a comedian decides to expresses himself through the medium of smell. Relationships begin, stutter, then crash to earth, each mundane transaction peeling away the everyday to reveal a canyon of emotion. Gaffney's characters are awkward, often disconnected, yet they are also profoundly sympathetic. With great empathy and generosity he reveals the idiosyncrasies, vulnerability, yearning, and twisted systems that governs our lives. In More Sawn-off Tales David Gaffney creates a deliriously lonely, yet lovely universe where strangers hand you their watch and an estranged couple try to communicate through paint colour. An expert miniaturist with the ability to stuff an elephant inside a flea without the insect noticing, Gaffney is like David Shrigley meets Curb Your Enthusiasm.

General

Imprint:	Salt Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	David Gaffney
Dimensions:	178 x 111 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Mass Market
Pages:	160
Edition:	2nd New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-78463-099-7
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories
LSN:	1-78463-099-3
Barcode:	9781784630997

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