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No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
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Description
These stories showcase Brackenbury's intense, visual and sensual style applied to would-be familiar moments: in The Visitor, a wandering friend suddenly reappearing in the life of a pregnant young couple in their first staleness causes a new vitalisation; in A Bird Flew In a young girl undergoes a crucial day of her childhood with a wilder friend; in One in a Thousand the struggling, socially-outcast mother of a 'difficult' boy finds a sympathetic listener in a fellow theatregoer, and reveals what she sees as her great sacrifice.
The volume also includes two groups of pieces: Lemmings, Revolution and The World's End posit the strange meeting between ordinary domestic life and chilling scenarios where the usual certainties of life seem to be failing; the title story, as well as En vacances, En voyage, A la montagne and Dans le train vividly symbolise the enlivening and catalysing quality of travel in France, where relationships are propelled into new clarity by new surroundings.
The renowned writer A. L. Kennedy looks back at this extraordinarily bold and tactile collection in an introduction written specially for this new edition.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
266
Release Date:
2025-08-25
Publication Date:
2025-08-25
Publisher:
Michael Walmer
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
176356567X
ISBN13:
9781763565678
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
339 g
Height:
133 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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