Guest Book Ghost Stories |
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| Author:
| Shapton, Leanne |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84614-493-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2019 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books, Limited
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| Imprint: | Particular Books |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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A tennis prodigy collapses after his wins, crediting them to an invisible, not entirely benevolent presence. A series of ghosts appear at the foot of their former beds, some distraught, some fascinated at the sight of their unfamiliar occupants. A woman returns from a visit to Alcatraz with an uncomfortable feeling.
The spirit of a prisoner has attached himself to you, a friend tells her.
He sensed the empathy you had for those men. In more than two dozen...
More DescriptionA tennis prodigy collapses after his wins, crediting them to an invisible, not entirely benevolent presence. A series of ghosts appear at the foot of their former beds, some distraught, some fascinated at the sight of their unfamiliar occupants. A woman returns from a visit to Alcatraz with an uncomfortable feeling. The spirit of a prisoner has attached himself to you, a friend tells her. He sensed the empathy you had for those men.
In more than two dozen stories and vignettes accompanied by an evocative curiosity cabinet of artifacts and images--found photographs, original paintings, Instagram-style portraits-Guestbook presents the glimmering, unsettling evidence that marks our paths through life. Shapton explores the earthly and sublime experience of existence by expanding the traditional ghost story into a new constellation of words and images.