Hope And Other Stories by Laura Hird
PULL MY PIGTAILS. MAKE YOU CRY. FUCK OFF AND GET CANCER. I HOPE YOU DIE. Urban tales of despair and dysfunction are Laura Hird's trademark and she does not disappoint in Hope and Other Urban Tales. Set in the low-rent areas of Edinburgh, Hird's slices of reality are gritty, bleak and often darkly funny. Yet the possibility of hope, always just out of reach, unifies this collection, conveying that just as circumstances can reveal the morally obscure darkness in 'good' people, so can seemingly irredeemable characters harbour well-hidden pockets of humanity.
Bloody, believable and intoxicating* * Herald * *
Hird controls her material brilliantly. If you like your fiction with razor blades secreted in the soup, then get this, pronto. * * Scotsman * *
Desperately readable, blackly comic and painful, a delight born of dysfunction. * * The Times * *
Laura Hird's writing, which is reminiscent of Irvine Welsh (for style) and Iain Banks (for pace), also has the tenderness of James Kelman's early work. * * Times Literary Supplement * *
One of Scotland's most talented writers. * * Daily Telegraph * *
Hird controls her material brilliantly. If you like your fiction with razor blades secreted in the soup, then get this, pronto. * * Scotsman * *
Desperately readable, blackly comic and painful, a delight born of dysfunction. * * The Times * *
Laura Hird's writing, which is reminiscent of Irvine Welsh (for style) and Iain Banks (for pace), also has the tenderness of James Kelman's early work. * * Times Literary Supplement * *
One of Scotland's most talented writers. * * Daily Telegraph * *
Laura Hird's debut novel, Born Free, was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and nominated for the Orange Prize. Her short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies. Her latest collection of stories, Hope and Other Urban Tales, was published by Canongate in October 2006. Her latest book is Dear Laura, published in March 2007. She lives in Edinburgh.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781841955735 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841955736 |
| Title | Hope And Other Stories |
| Author | Laura Hird |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2006-10-26 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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