- Children, Fiction, Literature, Fiction, short stories (single author)
This sharp, funny collection of stories drawn from life begins in the 1950s in an insular northern village 'scoured by bitter winds and rough gossip tongues.' For the child narrator, the only way to survive is to get up, get on, get out.In 'King Billy is a Gentleman', the child must come to terms with the loss of a father and the puzzle of a fading Irish heritage. 'Curved Is the Line of Beauty' is a story of friendship, faith and a near-disaster in a scrap-yard.
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Classical in form, prestige, character-led and meticulous.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- rawmeticulous
- effortlessdemanding
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- Author
- Hilary Mantel
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 147
- Publisher
- Chivers, FOURTH ESTATE, HarperCollins
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- und, English
- ISBN
- 9780007354887
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Hilary Mantel is the two-time winner of the Man Booker Prize for her best-selling novels, *Wolf Hall*, and its sequel, *Bring Up the Bodies*—an unprecedented achievement. The Royal Shakespeare Company recently adapted *Wolf Hall* and *Bring Up the Bodies* for the stage to colossal critical acclaim and a BBC/Masterpiece six-part adaption of the novels will broadcast in 2015. The author of fourteen books, including *A Place of Greater Safety*, *Beyond Black,* and the memoir *Giving up the Ghost*, she is currently at work on the third installment of the Thomas Cromwell Trilogy. ([Source][1]) [1]: http://hilary-mantel.com/
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