Like Fado

Like Fado by Graham Mort

Longlisted for the Edge Hill Prize Like Fado consists of thirteen individual stories that culminate in the extended novella-like story, ‘Whitethorn’. Each story takes us into the lived experience and psychological dilemmas of its characters, dissolving certitude in favour of richly ambivalent and suggestive endings as storylines merge and diverge, enriching each other through their narrative resonance. The natural world is brought to life in vivid detail in locations that range from the North-West of England to Europe and Africa, whilst the interior lives of characters form the dramatic locus of each piece, rendered in language that is precise, lyrical and evocative.

Graham Mort’s latest short story collection, Like Fado, is a wonderfully engaging readThe thirteen stories are standalones, but they share thematic and textual traits that bind them into a single whole.

-- Paul Taylor-McCartney * Everybody's Reviewing *

This is strong and emotive writing . . . fluid and impressive, conveying thoughts with honesty

-- Jackie Law * Neverimitate *

Set in all parts of the world, all of the stories have richly formed characters and there is enough detail of each of them for you to be able to grasp their backstory as they are thrust deep into the plot. They feel like real people too, not wildly implausible characters, doing real, mundane things and experiencing the joys and pains of life.

-- Paul Cheney * Halfman, Halfbook *

As I work my way through the pages, I find myself asking whether I am reading a life experience and if not, how on earth did the writer’s mind bring such imagery and paint them with words on the page ... Lockdown may well be releasing its hold on our lives but please do not give up on reading and buy yourself a copy.

-- SuAndi * Black Arts Alliance Newsletter *

Graham Mort, poet and short fiction writer, is Professor of Creative Writing and Transcultural Literature at Lancaster University. He specialises in literature development work and recent projects have taken him to South Africa, Kurdistan, Vietnam and China. His first book of stories, Touch (Seren), won the Edge Hill Prize in 2011 and his latest book of stories, Terroir (Seren), is currently long-listed for the same prize. A new book of poems, Black Shiver Moss, will appear from Seren in 2017.

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ISBN 13	9781784632274
ISBN 10	1784632279
Title	Like Fado
Author	Graham Mort
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Salt Publishing
Year published	2021-02-15
Number of pages	304
Prizes	Long-listed for Edge Hill Prize for the Short Story 2021 (UK)
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.