Not the End of the World

I can think of few writers who can make the ordinary collide with the extraordinary to such beguiling effect...left me so fizzing with admiration' ObserverA stunning collection of short stories by the three-times Costa prizewinner Not the End of the World is Kate Atkinson's first collection of short stories. Playful and profound, they explore the world we think we know whilst offering a vision of another world which lurks just beneath the surface of our consciousness, a world where the myths we have banished from our lives are startlingly present and where imagination has the power to transform reality.From Charlene and Trudi, obsessively making lists while bombs explode softly in the streets outside, to gormless Eddie, maniacal cataloguer of fish, and Meredith Zane who may just have discovered the secret to eternal life, each of these stories shows that when the worlds of material existence and imagination collide, anything is possible.

ISBN:	9780552771054
Publisher:	Transworld
Imprint:	Black Swan
Published date:	02 Jun 2003
DEWEY:	823.92
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	331
Weight:	240g
Height:	199mm
Width:	129mm
Spine width:	21mm

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