Wrapped Town and Other Stories by Jules Horne

Wrapped Town and Other Stories by Jules Horne

'Unputdownable. exquisitely crafted. a supreme storyteller' - Marilyn Runcie

'Deliciously surreal. lovers of Carter, Winterson and Atwood will adore this' - Ellie Zeegen

'Wise, witty and wonderful. reaffirmed my love of the short story.' Claire Wingfield

23 stories of extraordinary imagination by award-winning Scottish writer Jules Horne.

Dolly the Sheep is anointed by angels, a girl rugby-tackles Scottish country dancers, an old horse bequeaths its bones, an artist wraps a town in a shimmering canopy.

Fans of Angela Carter, Ray Bradbury and Patrick Suskind will enjoy this first collection of prize-winners and published stories in the Scottish Gothic tradition by Borders writer Jules Horne.

Immensely talented and truly original - Anjali Singh, Vintage Books

Jules's plays have been broadcast on BC Radio and won two Edinburgh Fringe Firsts. She writes in a former weaving mill in Selkirk, with a blues band next door.

Horne, Jules: - Jules Horne is an award-winning playwright and fiction writer from Scotland. She studied German and French at Oxford University and worked as a translator and journalist in Germany and Switzerland, before becoming a full-time writer. Her plays have been performed on BBC Radio and at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and she teaches creative writing for the Open University.

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ISBN 13	9780993435430
ISBN 10	0993435432
Title	Wrapped Town and Other Stories
Author	Jules Horne
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Texthouse
Year published	2015-12-31
Number of pages	250
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.