Heart's Wings & Other Stories |
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| Author:
| Josipovici, Gabriel |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84777-880-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Publisher: | Carcanet Press, Limited
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $23.95 |
Book Description:
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Written over a span of 40 years, this collection features the short stories of British writer Gabriel Josipovici. Unique and intriguing, the narratives take place in a variety of settings#151;including a seedy London nightclub in the 1960s, a brothel in Hamburg during World War I, and an airport in Bukovina in 1942#151;and explore not only Shakespeare’s mind as he writes Twelfth Night, but also Jorge Borges’ dreams of...
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Written over a span of 40 years, this collection features the short stories of British writer Gabriel Josipovici. Unique and intriguing, the narratives take place in a variety of settings#151;including a seedy London nightclub in the 1960s, a brothel in Hamburg during World War I, and an airport in Bukovina in 1942#151;and explore not only Shakespeare’s mind as he writes Twelfth Night, but also Jorge Borges’ dreams of Finland and the Kalevala, a 19th-century work of epic poetry. Josipovici’s clear and simple prose will captivate academics as well as fans of highly original writing.