Stories I Stole by Wendell Steavenson

Stories I Stole by Wendell Steavenson

Shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Book Award 2003 Longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award 2002 Fed up with working for Time magazine in London, Steavenson moved to Georgia on a whim. Stories I Stole relates her time there in twenty vodka-fuelled episodes drawn from all over the country - tales of love, friendship and power cuts, of duelling (Georgian style), of horse races in the mountains, wars and refugees, broken hearts, fixed elections, drinking sessions and a room containing a thousand roses. 'A young Kapuscinski with a literary future ahead of her...an immensely talented writer' Neal Ascherson, Observer 'A joyous, perceptive and haunting debut which fizzes - and sears - like rough new wine' Rory MacLean, Sunday Times 'Lyrical, poetic and sassy by turns; when she retells Georgian people's stories, you hear real voices' Vanora Bennett, The Times 'I couldn't possibly over praise the beautiful writing' Sunday Tribune 'A sparkling, poetical hymn to the most romantic and dangerous land in the world.' Simon Sebag-Montefiore, author of Prince of Princes: The Life of Potemkin 'Lively, atmospheric, honest, perceptive; a terrific account of Georgia's post-Soviet mess from a fresh and intelligent new writer' Anna Reid, author of Borderland

'A young Kapuscinski with a literary future ahead of her..an immensely talented writer' Neal Ascherson, Observer

'A joyous, perceptive and haunting debut which fizzes - and sears - like rough new wine' Rory MacLean, Sunday Times

'Lyrical, poetic and sassy by turns; when she retells Georgian people's stories, you hear real voices' Vanora Bennett, The Times

'I couldn't possibly over praise the beautiful writing' Sunday Tribune

'A sparkling, poetical hymn to the most romantic and dangerous land in the world.' Simon Sebag-Montefiore, author of Prince of Princes: The Life of Potemkin

'Lively, atmospheric, honest, perceptive; a terrific account of Georgia's post-Soviet mess from a fresh and intelligent new writer'

* Anna Reid, author of Borderland *

Wendell Steavenson is a freelance writer currently based in Iran. A formercorrespondent for Time magazine, she spent two years living in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.

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ISBN 13	9781843541127
ISBN 10	1843541122
Title	Stories I Stole
Author	Wendell Steavenson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Atlantic Books
Year published	2003-07-10
Number of pages	288
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