{"product_id":"its-gone-dark-over-bills-mothers-libro-en-ingles","title":"It's Gone Dark Over Bill's Mother's (Libro en Inglés)","description":"ISBN: 9781912408160 \u003cbr\u003eEditorial: Myriad Editions \u003cbr\u003eAutor: Blower, Lisa \u003cbr\u003eAño de edición: 2019 \u003cbr\u003eN° Paginas: 224 \u003cbr\u003eTipo de pasta: Pasta blanda \u003cbr\u003eDescripción: Review'Close up and personal yet universal stories of childhood yearning, misunderstandings, loss and triumph. Beautifully written from inside, real people, ordinary homes. Set pieces, hilarious and tragic, the caravan site, the spring cleaning, the drinking game, crafted to perfection, short stories, to die for.’ Kit de Waal, author of My Name is Leon -- Ket de WaalWith a sharp eye and tough warmth, Lisa Blower strikes a new chord in regional and working-class fiction. This fabulous collection of her award-winning short stories is dominated by the working-class matriarch. From the wise, witty and outspoken Nan of ‘Broken Crockery’, who has lived and worked in Stoke-on-Trent for all of her 92 years, to happy hooker Ruthie in ‘The Land of Make Believe’, to sleep-deprived Laura in ‘The Trees in the Wood’, to young mum Roxanne in ‘The Cherry Tree’, she appears in many shapes and forms, and always with a stoicism that is hard to break down. Lisa Blower celebrates her characters with stories they wouldn’t want to be told. She makes the bleak funny and brings to life the silent histories and harsh realities of those living on the margins. ‘It’s gone dark over Bill’s mother’s’ is a Potteries’ saying that means it’s looking a bit bleak, a little like rain. With origins as footless and random as the barflies trying to find their meanings in ‘Happenstance’, it is an expression that sums up this fabulous collection.Review‘It knew exactly how to play with and exploit the potential of its naive narrative voice―what to say but, far more importantly, what not to say―quite apart from its wit, and the undercurrent of sadness it explored without ever being sentimental.’ – William Boyd on ‘Broken Crockery’‘A beautifully funny, moving account of a family holiday and the impact of the relationship between a mother, daughter and grandmother. This story, as with many in the collection, is written in the first person which makes it a joy to read and ensures the impact of the ending is felt. I enjoyed reading this collection because of its working-class roots and Blower’s accessible style of writing.’ – Sally Shaw on Barmouth, Sabotage Reviews‘Extraordinary collection of short stories...that seem to effortlessly depict what it is to be human. Real, raw, dark, but hilarious too. Very moving and highly recommend.’ – All My Friends are Imaginary, Bookstagrammer‘I had to buy this book because of the title but this collection of short stories is extraordinarily good.’ – Gwenda Bird, Bookstagrammer‘The title says it all. Close up and personal yet universal stories of childhood yearning, misunderstandings, loss and triumph. Beautifully written from inside―real people, ordinary homes. Set pieces, hilarious and tragic―the caravan site, the spring cleaning, the drinking game. Each is crafted to perfection. These are short stories to die for.’ – Kit de Waal‘Collecting the short stories of award-winning author Lisa Blower, It’s Gone Dark is a quietly brilliant collection united by its roots in the North, and often by the working-class matriarchs that populate it. With a laser-focus on ordinary lives “written from the inside”, often overlooked, but no less compelling for it, It’s Gone Dark is well worth a read if you’re looking for a fresh voice in fiction.’ – Turnaround 2019 Fiction Staff Picks‘It’s in the details that Lisa Blower triumphs… They benefit from a strong thematic core. Like all good short story collections, we are gifted the shoulder of assorted narrators, over which we enjoy a diversity of entry points, a variety of styles and clarity and strength of voice that leaps from the prose. Add confidence with tone and a mischievous way with an ending and It's Gone Dark feels new every time you return to it. And you will return to it… You care about these people in the space of a paragraph… These stories are about the little earthquakes people get caught up in, the fault-lines beneath their feet that open up without warnin\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdioma: Inglés\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnvío: Desde EE. UU.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLibro Impreso y Nuevo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Myriad Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40624847913003,"sku":"9781912408160","price":616.0,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2321\/9467\/products\/0b500f9a-c90e-4b8b-b16d-01777dc5519e.jpg?v=1671750849","url":"https:\/\/cadabrabooks.com\/products\/its-gone-dark-over-bills-mothers-libro-en-ingles","provider":"Cadabra \u0026 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}