Call It Tender by John Saul
The stories in Call It Tender are devoted to love, hope, nostalgia; to life in its precariousness, absurdities and joys. Told with the author's characteristic wit and sense of atmosphere - set in Mallorca, Berlin, Wiltshire and Suffolk, Mannheim and New Jersey - they tell of lovers meeting, of how a prisoner struggles, a forester grows curious, a patient survives, a girl falls and falls through space. As a wind blows off the North Sea, a house in London burns, or the Eiffel Tower sparkles in the night, the reader will be able to appreciate why John Saul's fiction has been called funny, beguiling, provocative.His work has further appeared in the prestigious New Writing series and anthologies published by Serpent's Tail... There are excellent things here too... John Saul, whose story memorably combines an Anglican vicar with Robert Johnson, the great Blues singer.
-- William Palmer * New Writing 5 (Stand) *John Saul is one of our best short story writers.
-- Nicholas Royle * Time Out *Beguiling.
* The Guardian *'witty and playful', proof that 'the short story is not only alive but being reinvigorated in excitingly diverse ways'.
* The Times *
John Saul grew up in Liverpool. Widely published, his short fiction has been brought together in three collections with a fourth, The Book of Joys, due out this year from Confingo Publishing. Work of his appeared in Best British Short Stories 2016 and as the contribution from England to Dalkey Archive’s Best European Fiction 2018. Now living in London, he is a member of the European Literature Network. Website: www.johnsaul.co.uk
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844713226 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844713229 |
| Title | Call It Tender |
| Author | John Saul |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Salt Publishing |
| Year published | 2007-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 132 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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