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Harris lets her formidable imagination run riot in Jigs and Reels. This is a rich and wondrous Pandora's box of the odd, the strange, the weird and the downright wicked. Many of her protagonists wreak satisfying revenge on the unsuspecting, in both comical and cringingly gory fashion.
Long enough to get your teeth into, but short enough to read in a flash of the eye, these 22 stories are startlingly different--from pensioners with a penchant for Manolos, to a magical cookbook that bites back; from school reunions with a difference to adventure games taken seriously. And what characters pop out of their slender pages, as large and as deeply rounded as in any novel. Ladies who breakfast at Tesco's, with dark secrets to mull over; limbless swimmers who fall dangerously in love, honeymooners who fall prey to the aphrodisiac qualities of fish, authors whose long-forgotten, half-finished novels come back to haunt them and lottery winners who bet on the ultimate, impossible odds.
In her introduction, Harris says she finds the process of short-story writing slow and difficult and accepts that success is never guaranteed. In truth, not every tale here works, but when it does, it is stunning--and in the spirit of one of her literary heroes, Ray Bradbury--lingers teasingly in the sub-conscious.
Joanne Harris is an anarchic storyteller, delighting in taking her reader by surprise and leaving them reeling. --Carey Green
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A book of short stories from the author of CHOCOLATTantalising and seductive short stories from the bestselling author of Chocolat and The Strawberry Thief. Perfect for fans of Kate Atkinson and Kate Mosse as well as readers of Eve Chase and Stacey Halls.'Evocative, mystical and funny - perfect for curling up on the sofa with' - COMPANY'Leaves us wanting more' -- SUNDAY TIMES'The best thing I've read in years' -- ***** Reader review'I found myself gripped by the stories and not wanting them to end' -- ***** Reader review'A marvellous magic carpet ride!' -- ***** Reader review******************************************************************* *************************TAKE YOUR PARTNERS PLEASE!Suburban witches, defiant old ladies, ageing monsters, suicidal Lottery winners, wolf men, dolphin women and middle-aged manufacturers of erotic leatherwear- in Joanne Harris's first collection of short stories the miraculous goes hand-in-hand with the mundane, the sour with the sweet, and the beautiful, the grotesque, the seductive and the disturbing are never more than one step away.This is an eclectic selection of tales for our times that shows a side to Joanne Harris you have never seen before.So go on, be tempted. After all, it's only dancing. A collection of short stories that goes hand-in-hand with the mundane, the sour with the sweet, and the beautiful, the grotesque, the seductive and the disturbing are never more than one step away. It is a selection of tales for our times that shows a side to the author you have never seen before. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780552771795
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Book Description Condition: New. A collection of short stories that goes hand-in-hand with the mundane, the sour with the sweet, and the beautiful, the grotesque, the seductive and the disturbing are never more than one step away. It is a selection of tales for our times that shows a side to the author you have never seen before. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212. . 2005. 3rd Impression. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780552771795
Book Description Condition: New. A collection of short stories that goes hand-in-hand with the mundane, the sour with the sweet, and the beautiful, the grotesque, the seductive and the disturbing are never more than one step away. It is a selection of tales for our times that shows a side to the author you have never seen before. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212. . 2005. 3rd Impression. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780552771795
Book Description Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A first short story collection from the bestselling author of 'Chocolat' and 'Coastliners'. Harris delivers her full repertoire of characters: sweet and sour, the grotesque and the seductive in this diverse and effortlessly readable anthology. Harris now has life sales in excess of 3 million books. One of the stories, 'Class of '81', has already been optioned for TV by the BBC. 'Tantalising and suggestive, and leaves us wanting more' 'Sunday Times' 304 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # 9780552771795
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A book of short stories from the author of CHOCOLATTantalising and seductive short stories from the bestselling author of Chocolat and The Strawberry Thief. Perfect for fans of Kate Atkinson and Kate Mosse as well as readers of Eve Chase and Stacey Halls.'Evocative, mystical and funny - perfect for curling up on the sofa with' - COMPANY'Leaves us wanting more' -- SUNDAY TIMES'The best thing I've read in years' -- ***** Reader review'I found myself gripped by the stories and not wanting them to end' -- ***** Reader review'A marvellous magic carpet ride!' -- ***** Reader review******************************************************************* *************************TAKE YOUR PARTNERS PLEASE!Suburban witches, defiant old ladies, ageing monsters, suicidal Lottery winners, wolf men, dolphin women and middle-aged manufacturers of erotic leatherwear- in Joanne Harris's first collection of short stories the miraculous goes hand-in-hand with the mundane, the sour with the sweet, and the beautiful, the grotesque, the seductive and the disturbing are never more than one step away.This is an eclectic selection of tales for our times that shows a side to Joanne Harris you have never seen before.So go on, be tempted. After all, it's only dancing. A collection of short stories that goes hand-in-hand with the mundane, the sour with the sweet, and the beautiful, the grotesque, the seductive and the disturbing are never more than one step away. It is a selection of tales for our times that shows a side to the author you have never seen before. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780552771795