Pictures from Hopper by Neil Campbell
Neil Campbell’s new collection of short stories draws upon the work of American painter Edward Hopper. Many of the stories are directly inspired by the visual stimuli of a painting, some combine the influence of several different works and some simply use the titles of paintings as starting points. In his wide-ranging second full-length collection of fiction, Campbell writes stories about love, sex, death, art, adultery, the media, marriage, suburban violence, consumerism, childhood, suicide, loneliness, music, mountains, wildflowers, birds, football, alcoholism, prostitution, obsession, incarceration, sociopaths, and laughter. Campbell brings to life a mythical America, packed with images of gas stations, hotel rooms, lighthouses, diners, boardwalks, boarding houses, cinemas, offices at night, railroads, freight trains and sunlight by the sea, written from the perspectives of both men and women, in locations as diverse as the American Midwest, New York, Los Angeles, Texas, New Jersey and San Francisco, as well as Brazil, Manchester, Middlesbrough, The Peak District and The Isle of Arran.
Neil Campbell is a short story writer, novelist and poet. From Manchester, England, he has appeared three times in the annual anthology of Best British Short Stories (2012/2015/2016). He has published four collections of short fiction, two novels, two poetry chapbooks and one poetry collection, as well as appearing in numerous magazines and anthologies.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844718306 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844718301 |
| Title | Pictures from Hopper |
| Author | Neil Campbell |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Salt Publishing |
| Year published | 2011-12-15 |
| Number of pages | 168 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for Edge Hill Prize for the Short Story 2012 (UK), Long-listed for Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award 2012 (Ireland) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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