Don't Tell Me The Truth About Love
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Don't Tell Me The Truth About Love by Dan Rhodes
A chance encounter prompts an ageing professor to regret a lifetime of wasted opportunities; a beautiful wife tests her husband by making herself hideous; for the love of a girl, a boy turns himself into a violoncello. Funny, magical and strange, in these seven short stories Dan Rhodes lays bare the pain and enchantment of love.
By the time you find the story you most relate to, you won't be sorry to be alone after all* * The Sun * *
...bittersweet yet absurdly magical stories that will pull at your heart strings. By forcing the hitherto unobservable, he shows us an unknown world. ... it's frequently hilarious, and certainly memorable. ...the story turns into a moving dissertation upon the nature and profundity of romantic love, and the all but unbearable effect of its loss......Not until the end do you realise just how good this book is, haunting you long after it has been put down. "For all the picturebook simplicity of Rhodes' storytelling his characters are rarely less than credible, and the emotion genuine. * * The Times * *
...bittersweet yet absurdly magical stories that will pull at your heart strings. By forcing the hitherto unobservable, he shows us an unknown world. ... it's frequently hilarious, and certainly memorable. ...the story turns into a moving dissertation upon the nature and profundity of romantic love, and the all but unbearable effect of its loss......Not until the end do you realise just how good this book is, haunting you long after it has been put down. "For all the picturebook simplicity of Rhodes' storytelling his characters are rarely less than credible, and the emotion genuine. * * The Times * *
Dan Rhodes was born in 1972. He is the author of Anthropology, Timoleon Vieta Come Home and Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love, also published by Canongate. In 2003 he was named by Granta Magazine as one of their twenty Best of Young British Novelists. He lives in Edinburgh.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781841956138 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841956139 |
| Title | Don't Tell Me The Truth About Love |
| Author | Dan Rhodes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2005-02-14 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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