True North

True North by Andre Mangeot

Seven stories set in seven different countries by a prizewinning poet who is also emerging as a talented writer of fiction. Set in Romania, Miami, the Sahara, Thailand, France, Indonesia and Canada, they expose human frailty in its many forms but suggest that humanity has more that binds us together than separates us.

There is a cosmopolitan breadth to Andre Mangeot’s stories that gives them exceptional range and cultural richnessThese layered narratives are fraught with the eruption of memory, the complications of the past, with encounters that grow taut through misunderstanding and darkly ensuing consequence. Few writers would dare to mix historical and fictional characters as he does in the title story and few could write from the viewpoint of other cultures with such sensitivity and interior authority. His subjects are beautifully observed and his style has technique equal to their variety and emotional scale.

-- Graham Mort

About A Little Javanese:

These stories are pacy, eventful, sometimes violent, their settings unusually varied and colourful but they nevertheless remain grounded in real human experience, so that we can believe in the characters and recognise their dilemmas. A disturbingly unpredictable world emerges, populated by isolated individuals who can only guess at one another's motives.

-- Chris Beckett

In plain, uncluttered prose, these stories illuminate pivotal moments in their characters’ lives. Their yearning for escape and flight speaks of a deep-rooted psychological unease which the protagonists’ themselves – although not the author – are unable, or unwilling, to explore.

-- Colette Paul

Intertwines the personal and the political with terrific skill … a fantastic collection: ambitious, moving and beautifully written.

-- Joe Dunthorne

With a meticulous sense of place, Andre Mangeot presents a series of characters caught between worlds, on the cusp of change, between life and death. His stories are gripping and atmospheric, full of impending doom and unexpected redemptions.

-- Sarah Bower

André Mangeot lives and works in Cambridge. He has published two well-received poetry collections: Natural Causes (Shoestring, 2003) and Mixer (Egg Box, 2005) and is a member of the performance group, The Joy of Six. His first book of short stories A Little Javanese (Salt, 2008) was praised as “a fantastic collection: ambitious, moving and beautifully written” … “gripping and atmospheric”.

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ISBN 13	9781844718283
ISBN 10	184471828X
Title	True North
Author	Andre Mangeot
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Salt Publishing
Year published	2010-10-08
Number of pages	176
Prizes	Long-listed for Edge Hill Prize for the Short Story 2011 (UK), Long-listed for Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award 2011 (Ireland)
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