Normal Rules Don't Apply

A dazzling collection of short stories from the bestselling author of Life After Life

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Beschreibung

<p><b>Discover the fantastical <i>Sunday Times </i>bestselling short story collection from the award-winning author of <i>Shrines of Gaiety</i> and <i>Life After Life.</i></b><br><br>'Simply <b>one of the best writers</b> working today, anywhere in the world' Gillian Flynn<br><br>'As soon as<b> you get to the end, you'll be tempted to just start at the beginning'</b> <i>Independent</i><br><br>'<b>Funny and poignant in equal measure</b>, you'll want to read this captivating collection in one mystical sitting.' <i>Daily Express</i><br><br><b>Welcome to a world, where nothing is quite what it seems... </b><br>In these pages, you'll meet, among others, a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep, a secretary who watches over the life she has just left, and a man whose luck changes when a horse speaks to him.<br><br>With clockwork intricacy, inventiveness and sharp social observation, Kate Atkinson conjures a feast for the imagination in a constantly changing multiverse.<br><br><b>Atkinson's first short story collection in twenty years, <i>Normal Rules Don't Apply</i> is a dazzling array of eleven interconnected tales.</b><br><br>____________<br><br>'<b>Hilarious, breathtaking, horrific, irresistible</b> ... [Atkinson is] always in command ... Heart in mouth, <b>I never wanted this book to end</b>' <i>Sydney Morning Herald</i><br><br>'<b>Sublime </b>... showcases her <b>superb storytelling</b> and the wit of her writing' <i>Good Housekeeping</i><br><br>'Life in all of its surreal, tragic and comic glory is<b> perfectly captured </b>within these pages' <i>Red</i><br><br><b>'Dazzling' </b><i>Reader's Digest</i><br><br>Praise for Kate Atkinson:<br><br>'Inexhaustibly <b>ingenious</b>' HILARY MANTEL<br><br>'A <b>brilliant </b>and profoundly original writer' RACHEL CUSK<br><br>'Atkinson is a novelist of <b>unrivalled immediacy</b>, authority, and skill' FINANCIAL TIMES<br><br>'One of the country's <b>most innovative, exciting and intelligent</b> authors.' SCOTSMAN</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781804990803

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

196 x 126 x 19 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Verlag / Hersteller

Transworld Publ. Ltd UK