Laura Hird

Hope And Other Stories (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

"Funny, disturbing, remarkably courageous." Guardian

Nominated for the Whitbread Prize with her debut novel, Born Free, Laura Hird is one of the most talented writers of her generation. Urban tales of despair and dysfunction are her trademark, yet it is the
possibility of hope, just out of reach, that unifi es her new collection of stories.
Set in the low-rent areas of her native Edinburgh, Hird's slices of reality are gritty, bleak and often darkly funny. She skilfully shows how, just as circumstances can reveal the darkness in 'good' people, so seemingly irredeemable characters can harbour well-hidden pockets of humanity.

"Desperately readable, blackly comic and painful, a delight born of dysfunction." The Times

"Laura Hird's writing, which is reminscent of Irvine Welsh (for style) and Iain Banks (for pace), also has the tenderness of James Kelman's early work." Times Literary Supplement

"One of Scotland's most talented writers." Daily Telegraph

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: David & Charles
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847677099
• Artikelnr.: 38355379

Autorenporträt

Laura Hird's debut novel, Born Free, was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and nominated for the Orange Prize. Her short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies. Her latest collection of stories, Hope and Other Urban Tales, was published by Canongate in October 2006. Her latest book is Dear Laura, published in March 2007. She lives in Edinburgh.